Trae Young scored 25 factors and Clint Capela grabbed a game-high 21 rebounds to guide the Atlanta Hawks to a 116-105 win over the host Miami Heat in a play-in recreation on Tuesday evening.
Atlanta, which entered Miami because the eighth seed, superior to the playoffs within the No. 7 place, the place they’ll meet the second-seeded Boston Celtics.
Miami, which began Tuesday within the seventh spot, will get yet one more probability to make the playoffs. The Heat on Friday will play host to the winner of Wednesday’s recreation between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors. Either Miami, Chicago or Toronto will face the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks within the first spherical of the playoffs.
Young completed with eight rebounds and 7 assists. The Hawks had huge edges in rebounds (63-39) and paint factors (64-46).
Reserve Kyle Lowry led Miami with a game-high 33 factors. Tyler Herro had 26 factors and Jimmy Butler added 21 factors and a game-high 9 assists. However, Butler was simply 6-for-19 from the ground, with a lot of his misses influenced by Capela.
Atlanta dominated the primary quarter, capturing 56 % from the ground whereas holding Miami to 37.5 % marksmanship. The Hawks ended the quarter on high, 36-27, as Young had 5 factors and 5 assists.
The Hawks led by as many as 24 factors within the second quarter and took a 65-50 benefit into halftime. Miami had an 11-0 run late within the second quarter, a stretch that was interrupted by two Young free throws with 0.9 seconds remaining. Young used a hesitation transfer to attract a foul on Max Strus.
For the primary half, Atlanta had a 34-22 rebound edge and an 8-4 edge on 3-pointers made. That helped to negate Lowry’s 19-point first half.
Miami surged within the third quarter, chopping its deficit to 73-68 on a Butler layup with 6:15 remaining. But Atlanta responded, taking a 91-78 lead into the fourth.
The Heat charged again within the fourth, chopping their deficit to 97-91 on a Lowry 3-pointer with 7:42 left. But the Heat could not get any nearer.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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