The Miami Heat won game 2 against Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks with a score of 115-105. And the #1 seed Heat now has a 2-0 lead in the first round of playoffs. 

In the post-match press conference, Trae Young was complaining about the refs allowing the Miami Heat to be physical and not calling fouls.

The fans are not impressed by Trae’s complaining. The fans want Young to stop complaining and start playing. Moreover, they started thrashing him on Twitter.

Trae Young in game 1

The Miami Heat won game 1 comfortably against the Hawks with a score of 115-91. At one point in the game, the Heat had a lead of 32 points.

In the first game against the Heat, Trae was very poor by his standards. He only scored 8 points and made just 1 of 12 shots. He also missed all 7 of his three-point attempts. And he turned the ball over 6 times.

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Bogdanovic had a poor game too. He scored 6 points all from free throws. Additionally, he missed all of his 8 field goal attempts.

The Miami Heat is one of the best defensive teams in the league.

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But if you look at the number of fouls made, there is not much to differentiate as the Hawks fouled 19 times and the Heat 22 times.

Trae Young in game 2

While Miami Heat won game 2, it wasn’t very comfortable. The Hawks went toe to toe with the Heat in 3 out of 4 quarters. The Heat started to pull away in the third quarter and their biggest lead of the game was 16.

In game 2, Trae Young was better and scored 25 points, making 10 of 20 field-goal attempts. But his struggle from the three-point line continues as he made only 2 of 8. Also, his turnover numbers are worse than in the first game as he turned the ball over 10 times.

Bogdanovic was the leading scorer for the Hawks with 29 points making 12 of 18 field-goal attempts with 5 of 10 from the three-point line.

In-game 2, the Hawks actually committed more fouls than the Heat with a tally of 26-24. 

While the Hawks’ overall performance as a team had improved in game 2, it still wasn’t enough to beat the Heat.  

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The Atlanta Hawks have to figure out a way to stop the Miami Heat in game 3 or this could get ugly. Without Capela, the Hawks are struggling to find a balance. But there are reports that suggest that Clint Capela could be back sooner than expected, which would be music to the ears of Hawks fans.

It will be interesting to see what kind of changes the Hawks make in game 3.

Do you think the Hawks can win game 3?