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NBA playoffs 2021: Trae Young showed up late, but the party continues for the Atlanta Hawks

For most of Game 7, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young's patented "shiver" gesture -- the one he unleashes to let onlookers know he's transformed into Ice Trae -- had a different connotation.

Ice Trae had been ice cold all night, missing 19 of his first 21 shots attempts from the field. By the third quarter, Hawks guard Kevin Huerter had assumed much of the scoring load.

Despite the struggles from the floor, Young wasn't ineffectual offensively -- unlike his counterpart in Philadelphia. Young leveraged the pressure applied on him by the Sixers and connected with teammates such as center Clint Capela on multiple alley-oops.