Hawks' Trae Young (foot) out for Game 4 / News - Basketnews.com

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The Atlanta Hawks will be short-handed Tuesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, as star guard Trae Young was ruled out for the game.

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The third-year guard has a deep bone bruise in his right foot after getting hurt in the third quarter on Game 3, a 113-102 Atlanta loss on Sunday. Young contributed 32.7 points and six assists per game through the first three contests against the Bucks.

Young, 22, has averaged 24.1 points per game throughout his career, but he has risen his level of play to average 29.8 points during the 2021 playoffs. He finished second in the NBA in assists per game this season and last season, was a 2020 NBA All-Star and was a member of the 2018-19 All-Rookie first-team.

Atlanta's Bogdan Bogdanovic, who was nursing a sore right knee, was declared available for the Tuesday game.

The Bucks led the best-of-seven series two games to one heading into Game 4.

--Field Level Media

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