The Atlanta Hawks defeated the New York Knicks 107-105 after Trae Young made a 0.9-second game-winning floater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, leading 1-0 in the series.

In his playoff debut game, 22-year-old Young dropped 32 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists. He only took three attempts from downtown (and made one) and watched all nine of his free throws enter the basket – this might have been a feat for any other player but not to Young who averaged 14 free throws at the beginning of the season.

Young's game was built more on smart skills than pure aggressiveness on Sunday. He was fast enough to break in and, instead of trying to challenge Nerlens Noel, one of the best rim protectors in today's NBA, Young turned to floaters as his solution. It worked well for him and that's how he sealed the win for the Hawks.

Young shushed the crowd to celebrate his game-winning shot. "I don't know, I've always looked at it as I'm doing something right if I'm affecting them with my play that much," said Young after the game. "Fans can only talk. They can't guard me. They're not out there playing. For me, it's just a part of the game. As I hit the floater, it felt like everybody got quiet."

As for the Knicks fans, they paid the highest price to watch their team lose in the last second at home. Coach Tom Thibodeau knows how to get players to work the hardest on the court, especially on defense, but he is not built to coach offense.

Fortunately for him, he could rely on Derrick Rose for that and Alec Burks stood out as a surprise. Unfortunately, their work was not enough to help the Knicks win as long as their best guy Julius Randle could not find his way during the game.

Washington Wizards 118-125 Philadelphia 76ers

Few would be surprised by the victory of the 76ers over the Wizards, but the fact that Tobias Harris was the best-performing guy at Wells Fargo Center to help the 76ers win came as a bit of a surprise. He scored 37 points, a career high for playoffs, including 28 in the first half to fill in for Joel Embiid who was struggling at the time.

"It was huge," said Embiid. "When I was on the bench, we needed a scorer. He showed up, the whole game really but especially in that first half."

Though the Wizards only made the playoffs via the play-in tournament, they boast three players who are big enough to throw at Embiid defensively – Alex Len, Robin Lopez and Daniel Gafford. The three committed three, five and four personal fouls each in 16, 20 and 11 minutes respectively. Of course, they did not make it too comfortable for Embiid who had four fouls and only played 10 minutes in the first half.

Despite that, Embiid still managed to score 30 points in the end. He and Harris gave Ben Simmons good reasons to focus on defense and orchestrating before claiming 15 rebounds and 15 assists.

Bradley Beal did almost everything right except going 1-6 at the 3-point throw line but getting 33 points, 10 rebounds and six assists was still not good enough to create a miracle.

Los Angeles Lakers 90-99 Phoenix Suns

Devin Booker exploded in his playoff debut by putting down 34 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. No player in the Suns franchise history scored that much in his first postseason game. When Chris Paul was held back by his shoulder problem, Booker also took over the orchestrating duty and assisted Deandre Ayton to dominate the Lakers' paint.

Sunday's game was also the first playoff competition for 23-year-old Ayton but he did not show any signs of stage fright. Instead, Ayton crushed Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond with 21 points and 16 rebounds. Considering that he's the team's only reliable big guy, the Suns will want Ayton to work like this in more games.

Losing Game 1 of the series has been almost standard protocol for LeBron James and his team. He's always found ways to come back but, it should be pointed out that he's 36 years old and has been dealing with more injuries than ever this season. Dropping 18 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists is definitely not the best he can do, but the question is, how much better can James actually do?

The process of how the purple and gold lost should raise some concerns as well. It's no secret that the Lakers lack shooting range, but usually they use size advantage to make up for that. Unfortunately that was not the case on Sunday. It took Davis and James almost the whole game to make up their minds to attack from the low post; Drummond had seven offensive rebounds, but it's hard to tell if that offset how much he hurt the Lakers' spacing by staying on the court. Montrezl Harrell seemed like a great option to exact some damage but he did not receive enough trust from coach Frank Vogel.

Memphis Grizzles 112-109 Utah Jazz

Ja Morant is another young talent attending the playoffs for the first time in his career and his performance was remarkable. Instead of challenging two-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and adding more blocks to the French giant's stat sheet, Morant turned to shooting behind the solid screen set by Jonas Valanciunas.

That's how he and Dillon Brooks scored at least half of their points. But the main star of the Grizzlies was Morant, who scored 10 of the team's last 12 points in the last quarter. Staying calm, playing smart and carrying the team during clutch time, the 21-year-old already has what it takes to be a true leader.

The Jazz did not have Donovan Mitchell in Sunday's game – medical staff had advised him against playing after the morning shootaround. What made things worse was that Gobert only played 25 minutes because of foul trouble, and was eventually fouled out.

It's only understandable for the No. 1 seed to lose to the No. 8 seed without their best players on both offense and defense. The good news is Gobert knows well enough how to protect himself in the game. The bad news is it remains unknown when Mitchell would return.