On April 27, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Heat home against the Hawks to launch a G5 battle, the Heat's two core Butler and Lowry injury stop. The Heat went on a 17-0 offensive second quarter, suppressing the Hawks by 12 points in the first half, and extending a 15-point advantage in the middle of the third quarter in the second half, with Capela retiring from a right knee injury. Hunter led the Hawks to a tenacious counterattack in the final quarter, chasing only 2 points in the final stages, Adebayo's key dunk, Gallinari missed key shots and delivered fatal mistakes, and finally the Heat narrowly defeated the Hawks 97-94, eliminating the Hawks 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and will face the winner between Philadelphia and the Raptors in the next round.
Statistics
Heat: Oladipo 3 three-pointers and 23 points, Strus 3 three-pointers and 15 points, Adebayor 20 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Vincent 9 points, Hiro 16 points, Martin 10 points.
Hawks: Trae Young had 11 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 turnovers on 2-of-12 (0-of-5) 33-pointers, Hunter 35 points, 11 rebounds and 6 fouls for a career-high (both regular season and playoff), Capela had 2 points and 8 rebounds, Hult had 12 points and Gallinari 12 points.
The Star of the Field
In the absence of Butler and Lowry's two cores, Oladipo started a quality performance, and he scored 20+ points in the playoffs after nearly two years, helping the Heat narrowly beat the Hawks, thus eliminating the Hawks 4-1 on aggregate to advance to the next round.
Highlight lenses
Oladipo hit a three-point shot.
Trae Young hit a difficult throw.
Collins snapped.
Adebayor made up for it.
Oladipo hit another three-pointer.
Oladipo went on to hit three-point shots.
Game review
The Heat's two cores, Butler and Lowry, were injured, Oladipo and Vincent started, and the Hawks lacked Bogdanovic and Lovell. In the first quarter, Hult hit the first three-point shot of the game, Tucker threw a shot, collins made up the dunk and Hult threw a 7-2 lead. Adebayo hit a mid-range shot, Oladipo hit four consecutive shots to shoot eight points and Tucker hit the board, the Heat hit a 12-2 offensive rebound of 5 points, and the Hawks returned a wave of 7-0 to regain a two-point advantage. Hiro led a 6-2 offensive wave to rebound again, Hunter threw a shot, Adebayo made two free throws, Trae Young hit two free throws, and the Eagles led the Heat 22-21 in the first quarter.
The Hawks scored four straight points at the start of the second quarter, Martin hit a layup, Hult complained about eating T to send Hiro a free throw, and Martin dunked to a 26-26 draw. Hunter threw a three-point shot with Gallinari, Martin pulled a backhand shot, Hunter stopped the Heat with three points, the Heat chased four points in a row, and White pressed a whistle to maintain a five-point advantage. Strous hit a layup, Trae Young hit two free throws, Oladipo hit the Heat's first three-pointer, and Capela dunked. Hiro hit a mid-range shot, Sturus dunked, two three-pointers and a layup scored 10 points in a row, Capela sent Adebayo two free throws for a first-degree malicious foul, Vincent 2+1, and the Heat scored 14 points 17-0. Hunter hit both free throws and Martin returned to the dressing room with a wrist injury, with the Hawks trailing the Heat 42-54 in the first half. In the first two quarters, Hawks Trae Young scored 5+3+2 on 1 of 7 (0 of 4 from three) with Hunter 11 points, heat Oladipo with 13 points and Strus with 12 points.
Hunter scored four consecutive points, Trae Young threw and assisted collins dunks, and the Hawks took the lead in a wave of 8-0 attacks to close the score. Adebayo scored four points in a row with a layup, and the Heat's big Maurice pulled Hunter to eat a T to send Trae Young a free throw, and Okongu made two free throws and one shot. Oladipo hit a three-pointer, Adebayo and Martin scored consecutively, and the Heat extended their 15-point lead with a 9-0 run. Gallinari shot and Hult dunked, Martin and Hiro scored two points each, and Hult hit two free throws from three points to honor Hunter. Vincent hit a 3+1 hit, Gallinari returned a three-pointer, the Hawks trailed the Heat 64-75 in the third quarter, and Capela retired from the game with a right knee injury. In the first three quarters, Hunter led the Hawks 3 to double figures 17+9, Trae Young only scored 8+5+5+5 errors on 2-of-10, and Oladipo scored 16 points and Adebayo led the Heat 5 to score in double figures.
Vincent opened the quarter with a 13-point advantage, With Gallinari and Hiro scoring two points each, Okongu making a layup, Hunter scoring five points with a three-pointer miss, Okongu making a 2+1 layup and the Hawks trailing 10-0 to just three points. Hiro hit a three-pointer to stop the Hawks with Oladipo, Hunter and Adebayo each made a dunk, and White hit both free throws. Oladipola hit a rebound, Trae Young sent Hiro a free throw and Adebayo struck a 10-point advantage on two free throws. Hunter hit a shot, Oladipo hit two free throws, Hunter made four consecutive foul shots, Strus hit a three-pointer, and Trae Young hit two free throws to chase the points. Hunter's three-pointer and the big two-pointer trailed just two points, Adebayor dunked, Trae Young made two fouls and one of the two, and Hunter pushed down Tucker to graduate from 6 fouls. Strus did not stick to three points, Gallinari missed a key shot, the two sides scrambled to grab the reboundIng Eagles won the ball, and the Eagles could not send the ball to request a timeout. Gallinari was fatally mistaken by a pinch pass, and the Hawks eventually lost to the Heat at 1-4 on aggregate.
Both sides started
Heat: Vincent, Oladipo, Strus, Tucker, Adebayo
Eagles: Trae Young, Hult, Hunter, Collins, Capela
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)