ATLANTA (AP) — Jalen Johnson scored 28 points and the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Miami Heat for the third straight time, 120-110, on Saturday, shutting out a four-game homestand.
Trae Young recorded his 22nd double-double of the season with 11 points and 15 assists, and DeAndre Hunter scored 26 points for the 14th straight game with at least 15 points off the bench.
Tyler Herro had 28 points and 10 assists, and Bam Adebayo had 17 points and 10 rebounds. It was the fourth consecutive game for the Heat without star player Jimmy Butler, who sat out for what the team is calling “return-to-game adjustments.”
takeout
Heat: Miami lost despite having five players finish in double figures. The Heat shot 44.4 percent from the field, but it wasn’t enough to defeat a Hawks team that made more than half of its shots (51.2 percent from the field).
Hawks: Johnson has struggled offensively over the last two games. He was two points shy of his career-high 30 points in a single game, which he set in his last game against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday. Hunter also fell one point shy of his single-game career high of 27 points.
important moment
After a close first half that saw the lead change hands nine times, Atlanta took control early in the second half. With five minutes left in the third quarter, Atlanta’s Garrison Matthews and Hunter made back-to-back 3-second shots to give Atlanta its largest lead of the night at 81-72, forcing a Miami timeout.
Main status
Young was one assist shy of the franchise single-game assist record set by Mookie Blaylock in 1993 against the Miami Heat.
to the next
The Hawks begin a six-game road trip in Toronto on Sunday, while the Heat visit the Rockets on Sunday.
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