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In the third quarter of the first game of the Eastern Conference finals, with the Hawks’ nursing a delicate two-point lead, Trae Young received a pass a few feet above the top of the key from John Collins. Immediately, Young darted down the right side of the floor. Collins approached his point guard seemingly with the intent of setting a screen, before slipping away instead of making contact with Jrue Holiday, quickly darting into the paint.