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Hawks melt down in overtime, fall to Heat

The Hawks (6-18) collapsed in overtime, letting a winnable game slip away in a 135-121 loss in Miami Tuesday.

Below are some takeaways from the loss:

1. If not for a complete meltdown in overtime, in which a close contest devolved into garbage time in less than five minutes, the Hawks could have won this one. The Hawks scored the first five points in the fourth quarter and had a six-point lead with 59.9 seconds to play, at which point Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce subbed out Trae Young and Jabari Parker in favor of DeAndre’ Bembry and Vince Carter.