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The Miami Heat just put on a clinic in how to control and win an NBA playoff game: Limit your own mistakes, and take away what the other team does best.

Atlanta is so outmatched in this series that Young has to be the best player, by an appreciable margin, for it to have any chance, and the Heat know that. It was never going to lose without beating itself or getting upended by a Trae Young hurricane. That it was only a minus-1.5 line to the Heat at tip was an insult. The Miami Heat just put on a clinic in how to control and win an NBA playoff game: Limit your own mistakes, and take away what the other team does best. The Heat racked up 15 offensive rebounds despite the return of Clint Capela, and for the fourth straight game Young was unable to get downhill into his floater zone, where he becomes almost indefensible. From the jump he attacked the paint, where Miami dominated Atlanta to the tune of a plus-22 margin.

All signs pointed towards a Hawks victory in Game Four. They were riding the momentum of a Game Three comeback, State Farm Arena sold out, Clint Capela was ...

Last night, Hunter led the team in scoring by a wide margin. This has been the toughest playoff series of his career. Believe it or not, De'Andre Hunter leads the Hawks in scoring this postseason. Clearly, with a 3-1 series lead and Vincent's aptitude, there is no need to rush Lowry back anytime soon, which is great news for the Heat. If there was one area where the Hawks had the advantage in this series, it would be the paint. Instead, they got outrebounded 48-41 and outscored in the paint 48-26.

Even without star guard Kyle Lowry and playing on the road, the Miami Heat trounce the Atlanta Hawks.

Miami is steadied by veteran leadership though, under the guidance of Butler, Lowry, and de facto Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Udonis Haslem. Coach Spoelstra will count on his leaders to keep the team’s focus on taking care of business at home to close out the series. It would do them a lot of good to close up the shop for good on Tuesday night so they can rest and prepare for the next round. If they let Game Five slip away, they risk exhausting an already depleted line up and the possibility of a potentially embarrassing implosion. Their increased playing time comes after a second rocky season from Robinson, who signed a massive 90-million-dollar deal after his breakout 2020 campaign that saw Miami reach the Finals. Robinson played only nine minutes in Game Four and will likely be the odd man out when Lowry returns. Capela’s return was just about the only positive for the Hawks as Miami ran the home squad off the floor in a 110 to 86 rout. It looked like he’d been a starter all season as he sliced through the defense and found open cutters in stride for easy opportunities. This wouldn’t be quite so detrimental to the Heat if he were shooting as consistently as he used to, but his 3pt average has wavered over the past two seasons. If Hawks defenders even gave him room to breathe, he was on his way to the rim for a bucket. But if we’ve learned anything about Jimmy Butler rumors and “sources”, it’s that they’re about as reliable as Shaq at the free throw line. Miami forced Atlanta into 15 turnovers and held the Hawks to their lowest point total of the series so far. Victor Oladipo finally got some minutes after spending most of the regular season and all of the playoffs on the bench. Things looked like they were swinging in Atlanta’s favor on Sunday evening leading up to their Game Four clash with the Miami Heat. Fresh off a thrilling one-point win in game three, the Hawks gave word that starting center Clint Capela would return to action for the first time this postseason just as the Heat announced their veteran point guard Kyle Lowry would be unavailable due to injury.

In the first game of the series Young had one of the worst games of his career, scoring only eight points. He only had four assists that night as well which ...

The Heat put on a 26-4 run and the Hawks were on the back foot going into halftime. In this game Young had nine points and five assists which goes to show how well the Heat can defend. Delon Wright and Danilo Gallinari were doing good things on the floor and the Hawks enjoyed an eight point lead.

These Hawks have played catch-up all season. They're doing it again in the first round of the NBA playoffs, finding themselves on the brink of elimination ...

The Miami Heat hit Tuesday with one goal: Find a way to win another game against the Atlanta Hawks.

As much as guard play has been emphasized in the series, the Hawks haven't received much in the post. "They have so many guys who can shoot the 3 and take it off the dribble." Spoelstra said the ability to be creative defensively is one of the bonuses for the Heat, particularly while dealing with Young and his Atlanta teammates. Trae Young, one of the NBA's top scorers, was limited to nine points in Game 4. In the playoffs, things happen and you just have to prepare and be ready. "The guys are going to pick it up for us.

In the first game pf the series Knox played just under five minutes and went for ten points. He scored in a multitude of way, going 2-of-4 from deep, 3-of-5 ...

The Hawks have a high salary bill for next season but given they are one game from elimination, they are going to beed to change many things this offseason. Knox has shown the ability to microwave points and this would certainly help stop a run which is going to be crucial for the Hawks to win games. This was no fluke though, Knox came on for junk time in the fourth game of the series.