Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young Gets Last Laugh Against Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler has a habit of guaranteeing victories.

He's done it several times in his career but it backfired in Tuesday's loss to the Atlanta Hawks.

After scoring 25 points in the win, Hawks guard Trae Young hinted he took Butler's comments personal.

“I know Jimmy guaranteed a dub, so I was really focused on making sure that didn’t happen," Young said.

The performance was especially satisfying for Young, who struggled when the teams met during last year's first round. Now, Young has the Heat one loss from missing the playoffs after making the conference finals last year.

"I don't think we were as physical as we were supposed to be in making his decisions hard," Butler said of their defense against Young. "He's a hell of a player. He makes all the right reads. Obviously, he's a big time shot-maker, and he even got eight rebounds, so I don't think we took too much away [from] them tonight. They got to the paint, they made 3s, got to the free throw line. It just was an overall bad game."

The Heat can still make the postseason. They face tonight's winner between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors Friday. That winner plays the No. 1 seeded Milwaukee Bucks Sunday in the first round.

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