The Atlanta Hawks were unable to bounce-back from Friday’s loss to the Rockets, falling to a 106-98 defeat against the Miami Heat on Sunday evening at State Farm Arena.
John Collins led the Hawks in scoring with 23 points while also grabbing 14 rebounds in the absence of Clint Capela, who missed this contest due to dental pain. For the Heat — without Jimmy Butler — Bam Adebayo scored 32 points.
The first half of this game was one in the Hawks’ favor, building a double digit lead in the first quarter and when the Heat cut this to begin the second half, the Hawks used a 7-0 run to bring it back to nine points and give themselves that cushion — it would be the same margin they took into the halftime break.