The game between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday, March 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
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The Miami Heat will welcome the Atlanta Hawks to Miami-Dade Arena for an NBA game on Saturday. The Miami Heat lost 120-122 in their last game over the Knicks. Tyler Herro had a steal and layup to put Miami up by one with 23.1 seconds remaining. Randle got the ball from Knicks teammate Jalen Brunson with 11 seconds left. It bounced away and Randle had to scurry to just inside the midcourt line to pick it up, clock then down to 9 seconds and with Miami’s Jimmy Butler right on him.
Randle headed toward the sideline, only to have Butler knock the ball away with 5.7 seconds left — yet it somehow stayed inbounds and skipped right back into Randle’s hands. His shot was good, and the celebration was on. “If you did that play 100 times … 99 times out of that, it’s going to end up in our favor,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Butler was more succinct: “We didn’t deserve to win,” he said after Miami lost for the sixth time in its last seven games.
Randle was 16 of 25 from the floor, including 8 of 13 from 3-point range. Brunson scored 25 points, Immanuel Quickley added 21 and RJ Barrett scored 17 for New York. Butler scored 33 points and Herro scored 29 for Miami, which got 18 from Bam Adebayo and 14 from Caleb Martin. Now at 38-27, the Knicks have topped last season’s win total — the sixth team in the NBA to do so already this season, joining Sacramento, Indiana, Oklahoma City, Portland and Orlando.
The Atlanta Hawks on the other hand won 129-111 against the Trailblazers in their last game. Dejounte Murray’s career high in scoring helped give Quin Snyder his first win with the Atlanta Hawks. Murray predicted more wins are coming for the Hawks with their new coach. Murray scored 41 points to help Atlanta overcome Damian Lillard’s 33 points and give the Hawks a 129-111 victory over the slumping Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
“He’s great, he’s here to win,” Murray said of Snyder. “He’s here to win the right way. … We’re here to win together.” Murray scored 15 points in the second quarter. He made 17 of 22 shots from the field for the game and all five of his 3-point attempts. Trae Young took over with 15 in the third quarter and finished with 23 points and 11 assists, but Murray claimed the spotlight. “He’s the king of the mid-range jumper right now,” Young said of Murray.
Snyder, the former Utah coach, agreed to a five-year deal as Atlanta’s coach on Feb. 26, five days after the firing of Nate McMillan. The Hawks lost to Washington 119-116 on Tuesday night in Snyder’s debut. The Hawks scored the game’s first five points and never trailed. “It was a good effort, a good team effort,” Snyder said. “We’ve got a ways to go, but it’s a good step.”
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent
Atlanta Hawks: De’Andre Hunter, John Collins, Clint Capela, Dejounte Murray, Trae Young
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry, Omer Yurtseven, Nikola Jovic
Atlanta Hawks: None
The game between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Saturday, March 4 at 8:00 PM ET.
The match between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks will be telecast live on Bally Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Southeast, Fox Sports Southeast, Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun. | March 4 (8:00 PM ET) |
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