Warmth outlast Hawks in OT to assert eighth seed, will face Cavaliers in first spherical

With a 123-114 extra time win over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday evening, the Warmth made their manner out of the Play-In and punched their tickets into the primary spherical.

A historic win as Miami grew to become the primary tenth seed in NBA historical past to make it out of the Play-In match and into the playoffs.

The Warmth will now get set to tackle the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers within the Japanese Convention’s one versus eight matchup.

Miami’s main scorer on the evening was Tyler Herro, because the first-time all-star completed with 30 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists. His working mate Bam Adebayo chipped in with 17 factors, 11 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks. All of the whereas, Davion Mitchell performed hero in extra time as his offence and defence injected life into Miami. The beginning guard completed with 16 factors, 9 of which got here in OT.

The Warmth had been capable of maintain on regardless of blowing a 17-point lead. The victory flipped the script on their regular woes within the fourth as Miami entered Friday’s contest main the NBA with 21 blown fourth-quarter leads.

In the meantime, Atlanta was spearheaded by a breakout effort from Onyeka Okongwu, who put up 28 factors on 12-of-19 taking pictures and 12 rebounds. Star guard Trae Younger completed with 29 factors and 11 assists, however struggled efficiency-wise as he went nine-of-22 from the sphere.

Spherical 1 of the NBA playoffs begins on Saturday, and Sport 1 between the Warmth and Cavaliers can be on Sunday.