Trae Young scores game-high 48 points in style, leads Atlanta Hawks to Game 1 win - ESPN

Trae Young scorches the Bucks with 48 points and 11 assists to give the Hawks a 1-0 series lead.

MILWAUKEE -- Trae Young shook free from Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday, one of the NBA's best defenders, and found himself with acres of space between himself and Bucks forward Bobby Portis.

"I mean, I had a lot of time," Young, who finished with 48 points, seven rebounds and 11 assists in 41 minutes, would say later with a smile.

The same could be said for the Hawks, after they once again came from behind -- this time from seven points down with 4:18 remaining when Holiday, who finished with 33 points and 10 assists in 42 minutes, buried a 3-pointer to give Milwaukee a 105-98 lead.

Instead, the Hawks stormed back, going on a 17-8 run from there to close out the game and secure the win -- a run that was powered, like so much of the night, almost exclusively by Young, who either scored or assisted on 13 of those 17 points, including four free throws inside the final 20 seconds to help keep the Hawks in front.

And after Milwaukee missed a pair of potential game-tying 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds -- one by Pat Connaughton, which was a particularly ugly air ball, and another by Khris Middleton, who finished the game 0-for-9 from beyond the 3-point arc -- the Hawks found themselves once again taking Game 1 on the road in the Eastern finals.

On this night, however, Young couldn't miss to start the game, scoring 25 points in the first half alone.

And as he was able to get going, it forced the Bucks to bend toward him, going away from center Brook Lopez, who played only 20 minutes, in favor of smaller lineups to try to switch against Young and the Hawks instead.

"It's not easy [to win]," Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo said, after finishing with 34 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists.