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Justin Quinn

How the Boston Celtics are containing the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young

As pretty much everyone but irrational Atlanta Hawks fans have predicted, the Boston Celtics are dominating the first round series between the two teams in the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs. And much of the Celtics’ success so far has come at the expense of Hawks star point guard Trae Young, who Boston has targeted relentlessly when they need to put points on the board.

How are the Celtics shutting off Young’s ability to score on the other end? What is the scheme for using the Atlanta floor general’s size and defensive deficiencies against him? And is there any chance the Hawks can make a series of this matchup?

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The folks over at the B-Ball Breakdown recently put together a clip explaining all of the above and more.

Tune into the video embedded above to see just how Boston is crushing their first round opponent so far.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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