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Miami Heat staying wary of Trae Young despite stifling Atlanta Hawks in Game 1

MIAMI -- The Heat's defense might have suffocated Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young all game in Sunday's 115-91 Game 1 win of their first round series, but the East's No. 1 seed knows it can't expect Young and the eighth-seeded Hawks to go quietly.

"He's going to score the ball," Heat forward P.J. Tucker said of Young. "That's one game. You look at it as that. Treat him the exact same way the next game. Expect him to take a lot more shots and be a lot more aggressive so we got to bring that same type of energy and even more.