Beijing time on April 27, The Atlanta Hawks visited Miami to challenge the Heat, which is the fifth meeting between the two teams in this series, after the Heat won three games, and the Hawks relied on Trae Young's kill to barely win the next game, this game the Heat held the match point, the Hawks were a backwater battle, but there was also good news for them, before the game Butler will miss the game due to a knee injury, so the Hawks have the opportunity to play the game back to Atlanta, if they lose, Then their playoff journey will stop there.
The game was replaced by Butler's first game by Oladipo, who had returned from injury, and Oladipo did not fail in his mission, hitting all four of his first four shots and cutting eight points to stop the Eagles. Hawks leader Trae Young's performance in the first quarter was really sluggish, hitting only one shot in six shots, scoring four points and ending the first quarter. Neither team scored high in the first quarter, with the Hawks taking a narrow lead of 22-21, hitting one of the Hawks' nine shots from beyond the three-point line and the Heat's six shots without a single shot, making the first quarter of the game a battle of iron.
The Hawks played well in the first half of the second quarter, and after Hunter hit a three-pointer, the Hawks had a six-point lead, with a tendency to pull the score away, and the Heat decisively called a halt. However, when the timeout returned, Oladipo continued to continue the hot state of the first quarter, hitting three points and then narrowing the point difference to one point, after which the Eagles made two consecutive mistakes and were scored by the Heat Strus for 10 consecutive points. The deficit was stretched to nine points by the Heat, and as Vincent burst into the interior to make it two plus one, the Heat hit a 17-2 offensive surge in the end of the second quarter. Head into halftime with a 12-point lead!
The Heat gave the Hawks almost the game, missing Butler, who averaged 30+ per game, the Hawks still have little to do, Trae Young only got 5 points and 3 rebounds in the half, he is still far from the superstar. Back in the second half, the Hawks fought back, and as Collins completed the dunk, the Hawks responded to the Heat's 8-0 run, and the point difference was narrowed to just four points. With Oladipo hit another counter-attacking three-pointer, the point difference returned to 9 points. In the final moments of the third quarter, Vincent scored 3+1, and then Gallinari responded with a super-far three-pointer, the game was comparable to a fairy fight, and the Eagles trailed by 11 points to end the third quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Vincent opened the scoring to help the team widen the points difference. Gallinari wants to play Hiero back to complete the scoring. But Hieroma used a breakthrough to find face! Okongu scored again on the inside, and the two sides played so well, but the point difference remained the same. Hunter then scored 3+1 and the point gap was narrowed to eight points. The Hawks played a 9-4 run in the third quarter, the point gap was narrowed to just six points, and the scene in the third game seemed to repeat itself, and the Heat decisively called a halt.
Okongu scored 2+1 on timeout and the point difference came to 3 points. Fortunately, there was Hiro to stabilize the situation. With Oladipo hitting another three-pointer in the game, the point difference reached 8 points and the Hawks were suspended. The Heat then controlled the game scene, and Trae Young even suffered a technical foul. The Heat still have a 10-point advantage! Hunter became the Hawks savior, making four consecutive free throws to narrow the point gap. In the end, the Heat narrowly defeated the Eagles.