ATLANTA — Hawks guard Trae Young is out for Tuesday’s Game 4 vs. the Bucks due to a bone bruise in his right foot.
It’s an extremely tough break for the Hawks, who have caught the injury bug again at the worst possible time of the season, down 2-1 to Milwaukee in the Eastern Conference finals entering Tuesday. Young sustained the bone bruise in Game 3 when he took a step backward and landed on a referee’s foot, coming down awkwardly on it.
Young has enjoyed a sensational first playoff run, helping the Hawks turn a 14-20 start (and 20-47 record last year) into demolishing the Knicks in the first round, knocking off the No. 1 seed 76ers in the second and now battling the Bucks in the conference finals. He has averaged 29.8 points and 9.5 assists in 15 playoff games.
