Jusuf Nukic made a layup and added a free throw to make it 130-125 and Portland held on for the win.Ītlanta coach Nate McMillan entered the league’s health and safety protocol on Saturday. Young came down hard on the court after an attempted layup with less than a minute left, but recovered to make a pair of free throws that closed the gap to 127-125. Simons’ floater extended the lead to 118-111, but the persistent Hawks kept it close down the stretch. Portland trailed at the start of the final quarter, but took a 112-107 lead after Ben McLemore’s layup and Nassir Little’s 3-pointer with 7:43 left. After missing Portland’s last game, Simons started in place of All-Star Damian Lillard, who was out because of injury management. Simons had a career-high nine 3-pointers, the most for a Portland player this season. 31, 2016.Ĭareer-high 56 PTS despite Atlanta's loss. Young became the first player with 50-plus points and 14-plus assists in a game since James Harden with the Houston Rockets on Dec. Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Boston’s Jaylen Brown have had 50-point games this season. His 56-point game eclipsed Kevin Durant’s 51-point performance for the Nets at Detroit on Dec. Young shot 17 for 26 from the field, 7 for 12 from 3-point distance and 15 for 15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and added 14 assists. Anfernee Simons had a career-high 43 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame an NBA season-best 56 points by Atlanta’s Trae Young, snapping a four-game losing streak in a 136-131 win over the Hawks on Monday night. 7 seed with 116-105 win originally appeared on NBCSports.PORTLAND, Ore. Trae Young, Hawks bench outwork Heat and earn No. NBA playoffs, play-in schedule, matchups: How to watch, TV lineup Miami Heat Report: Hawks front office given green light to do whatever it takes. Three things to watch, play-in edition: Atlanta Hawks vs. “We’re going to do this the hard way.” Here is more on the Hawks “Nothing about this season has been easy,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. 1 seed last spring is one game from elimination. The Atlanta lead was 13 again going into the fourth, and when Miami was within six midway through the final quarter, the Hawks scored five straight to restore a double-digit edge.Īnd now, a team that was the East’s No. Add it all up, and it was a 27-8 run in about 7 minutes of play to get the Heat within 71-66.īut the Hawks had an answer then, and every other time the Heat made a run. Miami cut the margin to 15 by halftime, then opened the third quarter on a 16-6 run. The Hawks took two timeouts in the first 3:53 of the third quarter, as most of what was a 24-point lead with 2:37 left in the first half – 63-39 Atlanta was the margin – got whittled away, and fast. “Credit our guys for being locked in, ready and focused on the game plan.” “We all understand the moment and the time of year it is,” Young said. Atlanta outrebounded Miami 63-39, including 22-6 on the offensive glass that keyed a 26-6 edge in second-chance points. The Hawks improved to 3-0 all-time in play-in tournament games that’s the best mark in the league, one that New Orleans can match when it plays host to Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.Īnd they earned this one on the boards. “Come Friday, we have to play the legit exact opposite of how we played tonight,” Butler said.įor the Hawks, four reserves – Saddiq Bey, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Onyeka Okongwu and Jalen Johnson – combined for 53 points. Tyler Herro scored 26 for Miami, and Jimmy Butler finished with 21. The Raptors and Bulls play Wednesday the winner of Friday’s game opens the series against the Bucks on Sunday. 8 seed and a spot against top overall seed Milwaukee in Round 1. Kyle Lowry scored 33 points – his highest-scoring game in his two Miami seasons – for the Heat, who will host either Toronto or Chicago on Friday to decide the No. Dejounte Murray added 18 points for the Hawks, who avenged a five-game Round 1 loss to Miami last season and earned an East first-round matchup with Boston that will start Saturday.
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