The first game of the NBA Play-In Tournament this season is over. The Atlanta Hawks beat the Miami Heat 116-105 to advance to the playoffs. Even being considered the underdogs before the game, they didn’t give many chances to the home team and clinched their spot in the first round of the actual playoffs.
They started the game very well and went back to the locker rooms winning by 65-50 at halftime. The Miami Heat even tried to come back stronger in the second half but couldn’t win the game. Now the Atlanta Hawks are the #7 seed in the East and are going to play against the Boston Celtics in the first series.
Meanwhile, the losers still have a shot. The Miami Heat will wait for tonight’s game between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls. Whoever wins, will be the Heat’s rivals in the next Play-In Game, which will decide the last team going to the playoffs in the East.
Best performances
We had some great individual numbers on the game yesterday. For the Hawks, it was a team win and only two players (from the nine who played) didn't have 10+ points. The Miami Heat had the game's top scorer but they had a lot of bad performances in general. Check the numbers.
Atlanta Hawks
- Trae Young – 25 PTS/8 REB/7 AST
- Dejounte Murray – 18 PTS/5 REB/6 AST
- Saddiq Bey – 17 PTS/6 REB
- Bogdan Bogdanović – 14 PTS
- Onyeka Okongwu – 12 PTS
- John Collins – 10 PTS
- Jalen Johnson – 10 PTS/7 REB
- Clint Capela – 4 PTS/21 REB
Miami Heat
- Kyle Lowry – 33 PTS/5 AST
- Tyler Herro – 26 PTS/6 REB
- Jimmy Butler – 21 PTS/9 AST
- Bam Adebayo – 12 PTS/9 REB
Bets
Among the predictions we made yesterday for this game, most of them ended up happening. So, check out a quick recap of the picks by ThePicks and see which ones we got right or wrong.
- ATL Hawks +5.0 (ATL won by 11)
- Over 228.0 points (221 points)
- Clint Capela over 10.5 rebounds (21 rebounds)
- Trae Young over 9.5 assists (8 assists)
- ATL Hawks over 111.5 points (116 points)
