Hawks can’t cool down the Heat in second half, lose 131-109

Hot hot shooting in Miami.

The Atlanta Hawks were in Miami on Wednesday evening to face the Heat. Both teams just saw each other on Monday when the Hawks won at home, 98-86, and both were coming off of playing the night before.

With both teams right next to each other in the standings, a game like this could help the Hawks set themselves apart from the Heat, or they can continue to battle with them for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.

Dyson Daniels was the player of the game on Monday, and he kept that strong play going with five early points in the quarter.

After a rough game on Monday, Zaccharie Risacher came out and made some shots from the perimeter and in the paint.

You could say almost everything was going right for the Hawks on offense, as Daniels got this crafty layup to go from a nice pass from Onyeka Okongwu.

Both teams played well in the quarter, and the Hawks went into the second just trailing 29-28. Young called his own number to start the quarter and got the foul to go along with the layup.

Caris LeVert made a shifty move in the paint to get Clint Capela this easy dunk.

The Hawks strung together a few solid offensive possessions and took the lead, but the Heat came back and got a few threes from Duncan Robinson to give them the lead. The threes continued to fall for the Heat, and the Hawks trailed by 11 points at one point.

The Heat’s run didn’t faze the Hawks, and they went on a run themselves to get back in the game. Terance Mann threw this huge dunk down to cut down the Hawks’ deficit.

The Hawks eventually took the lead back for a few, but going into halftime, the game was tied at 65. Mouhamed Gueye set off the third quarter after throwing down this one-hand alley from Young.

Later on in the quarter, Young called his own number once again and knocked down this three-pointer at the top of the key.

Risacher found Daniels for this behind-the-back pass and he got an easy dunk in the lane.

The Heat started to catch a groove late in the third quarter, once again knocking down an array of three-pointers. The Hawks didn’t have an answer for that run, and they ended up trailing by 14 going into the fourth. The Heat couldn’t miss to start the quarter, but the Hawks finally found some juice on offense.

The Heat kept it rolling against the Hawks, and they didn’t have an answer for the threes they kept raining on them. Daniels tried to stop the bleeding with this dunk.

Ultimately, it wasn’t enough for the Hawks to come back, and the Heat walked away with the win.

Daniels finished the game with 18 points, Young and LeVert finished with 17 points, and Mann and Okongwun finished with 13 points.

The Hawks will be back in action on Friday evening against the Thunder.