Tyler Herro #14 of the Miami Warmth shoots the ball through the second quarter in opposition to the Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Middle on March 27, 2025 in Miami, Florida. | Brennan Asplen/Getty Photographs/AFP
MIAMI — Tyler Herro scored 36 factors, Davion Mitchell and Andrew Wiggins every added 16 and the Miami Warmth beat the Atlanta Hawks 122-112 on Thursday evening for his or her third straight win.
Bam Adebayo had 12 factors and 10 rebounds for Miami, which trailed by 14 within the first quarter however managed the second half.
Trae Younger had 29 factors and 12 assists for the Hawks, who acquired 17 factors from Caris LeVert and 15 from Oneyka Okongwu.
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The win moved the Warmth (32-41) inside three video games of Atlanta (35-38) for the No. 7 seed within the Jap Convention, each having 9 video games left to play. Miami’s win additionally clinched a playoff berth for the New York Knicks and eradicated the Brooklyn Nets from postseason rivalry.
Takeaways
Hawks: Younger’s eleventh help moved him previous Wilt Chamberlain (4,643) for eighty fifth on the NBA’s profession record. Younger is on tempo to steer the NBA in whole assists for the third time within the final 4 seasons.
Warmth: Herro is 31 for 46 (.674) from the sphere in Miami’s final three video games, together with 10 of 15 (.667) from 3-point vary. He’s averaging 28.3 factors in that span.
Key second
The largest shot of the evening for Miami may need been Herro’s 3-pointer with 2:18 left, coming one possession after Atlanta acquired inside 5 — the closest the Hawks had been within the second half.
Key stat
Mitchell had a unusual streak finish. He had scored precisely 12 factors in every of his final 5 Warmth video games. He was the second participant with such a streak in NBA historical past; the opposite was Benoit Benjamin in 1988. However Mitchell’s 3-pointer with 8:11 left gave him 13 factors Thursday.
Up subsequent
Atlanta finishes a three-game highway journey Sunday in Milwaukee. Miami begins a three-game journey Saturday in Philadelphia.
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