P.J. Tucker and Trae Young were just hanging out.
Down the stretch of Game 3, with the Atlanta Hawks having absorbed a 21-0 Miami HEAT run in the third quarter and punched right back in the fourth, Tucker was in his customary spot in the corner. On paper, there wasn’t anything wrong with that. Tucker was a 41 percent shooter in the corners this season – No. 7 in the league with 190 attempts. The corners are his home.
The problem was that Nate McMillan was sending his best player, the one matchup the HEAT had been hunting relentlessly for three games, for a nice, relaxing visit to P.