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5) Trae stayed focused through an avalanche of potential distractions.
In Game 5, Trae Young had an eventful final minute in both the first and second halves. Much will be made of the showmanly devastation he wreaked on Madison Square Garden late in the fourth. With the game squarely in hand, Trae swished a step-back 31-footer before calming bending at the waist to take a deep, Broadway bow.
"I know where we are," he said afterward. "I know it's a bunch of shows in this city, and I know what they do when the show is over.