Gabe Vincent did his best Kyle Lowry impression to get things started, and though the offense looked a little clunky it still allowed PJ Tucker to get good looks. Still, Miami’s set offense struggled to score on Atlanta’s defense. Capela’s return definitely made things a little more difficult.
Miami played good defense to start, but Atlanta hit everything early on (they shot 71% from the field to start). With De’Andre Hunter turning into Steph Curry, and Trae Young doing Trae Young things the Heat fell behind early, but not by too much.
Atlanta’s field goal percentage would regress to normalcy towards the end of the first, and Herro, Tucker, and Dedmon all delivered to shoot Miami ahead by a couple of baskets.