SALT LAKE CITY — All Hawks guard Trae Young needed was a little bit of time.

Jazz guard Collin Sexton nailed a 3-point shot after Hawks guard Dyson Daniels broke up Utah’s original plan to drive inside the paint. But Young didn’t bat an eye at Sexton tying the score at 121-121 with 2.9 seconds left on the clock. He signaled for his teammates to get moving and they went into action.

Daniels passed the ball inbounds to Young, who began dribbling down court 98 feet from the basket before pulling up and hitting nothing but net. He did his signature shiver and waved to the Jazz crowd as his teammates on the court and from the bench mobbed him.

The NBA officially ruled Young’s jumper a 49-footer and video shows the guard pulling up for the shot at the “A” in the “Utah” sprawled across the half-court line. According to Basketball Reference, Young’s game-winner is the sixth longest buzzer-beater in NBA history and the fourth longest with a tied score.

“I mean, I always have confidence in myself and my teammates because I know the work we put in,” Young said following the game. “So, especially when there’s time left on the clock, like I knew, I mean, it wasn’t point eight seconds left on the clock when Collin hit it. It was a couple seconds left, and I knew they were kind of not celebrating, but kind of getting back to half-court (slowly), and they didn’t pressure up.

“So, I kind of wanted us to get the ball in really quick. So, I had a couple dribbles so I could get closer to half court. And so I’m glad we got the ball out quick, and because, yeah, when there’s time left. I mean, I always feel like we can score.”

Young finished the game with 24 points and 20 assists to put up the third 20-plus-point, 20-plus-assist game this season. It also was his third career game-winning buzzer-beater (defined as a shot that was taken with the shooter’s team tied or trailing and left no time on the clock after it went through).

“I always say, ‘don’t give us a chance,’” Hawks wing Bogdan Bogdanovic told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “If you’re a shooter, wherever we are on the floor, if there’s a time left, always believe in it and just throw it. And, we’re playing with it (at practice). Every practice, we’re trying to have fun with those crazy shot and that’s where you learn.”

Young’s buzzer-beater comes amid the three-time All-Star’s comeback from an early-season shooting slump. In his first 25 games of the season, Young shot 30.8% from deep on 8.4 attempts per game. But since Dec. 14, Young has knocked down 41.6% of his 3-point jumpers on 8.9 attempts per game.

“I think he’s really picking his spots,” Hawks coach Quin Snyder said. “You know, I always tease him about his bombs. But he’s got great range. And, sometimes he gets closer, it’s harder for him to get it off, and he takes that shot at a very specific time. The reason I bring that up is, I think his focus on the shot selection, particularly late too.

“Obviously, the last one was a pretty good decision. But I think he’s taken a lot of pride in being efficient and knowing when it’s time to give the ball up and when it’s time to impress himself on the game more from a scoring standpoint.”

While Young’s final shot of the night sealed the win for the Hawks, his decision-making down the stretch of Tuesday’s game continued to show his always-improving court vision. Young found Bogdanovic and Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter for a couple of 3′s that briefly staved off the Jazz.

By the buzzer, Young 77.4% of the team’s points in the fourth quarter (10 points, 5 assists, 14 points created from assists).

“That’s a growth process for him,” Snyder said. “I’ve mentioned it before, he’s coming off screens where he hasn’t done that before. He’s playing more pick and roll with guys like De’Andre, not just, you know, Clint (Capela) and Onyeka (Okongwu). We’re asking him to push the ball in transition as quick as he is. That’s not been, a habit for him. So a lot of unfamiliar territory to go with. A lot of the things that, obviously, he’s done his whole career and done at a really high level. And you don’t want to lose that, but he’s been open to all those things.”