Bam Adebayo scores 30, Trae Young has season-low 8 as Heat beat Hawks

MIAMI (AP) —Bam Adebayo scored 30 points and the Miami Heat held Trae Young toa season-low eight points in a 117-109 victory over the AtlantaHawks on Saturday night.

Tyler Herroadded 20 points, while Jimmy Butler and Caleb Martin finished with15 apiece for the Heat, who extended their lead over the Hawks to 1½ games for seventh in the Eastern Conference.

Young was 2for 13 from the field. It was Young’s 17th game under doublefigures in his career.

The Hawks are1-2 under new coach Quin Snyder, who took over Tuesday.

Down 21midway through the third quarter, Atlanta rallied and got to108-103 on De’Andre Hunter’s jumper with 4:39 remaining. But Miamiresponded with seven unanswered, capped by Martin’s dunk with 2:44left.

Adebayo shot10 for 12 from the field and the free throw lineof-12 from thefield and free throw line and had 10 rebounds.

Saddiq Beyscored 22 points, Hunter had 17 and Clint Capella finished with 16for the Hawks.

Afterallowing 71 first half points in consecutive home losses againstPhiladelphia and New York, the Heat maintained a double-digit leadthe final 7 1/2 minutes of the second period and led 66-49 athalftime.

TIP-INS

Hawks: Anight following his career-high 41 points against Portland,Dejounte Murray finished with 10 on 3-of-14 shooting. ... Atlantahas scored 100 or more points in 39 straight games.

Heat: Adebayohas scored in double figures in the 60 games he’s played thisseason, extending a streak that began in the final 16 games lastseason. ... Cody Zeller scored all of his 13 points in the firsthalf. ... PG Kyle Lowry (left knee soreness) missed his 12thconsecutive game.

OLDACQUAINTANCES

Theencounters between Snyder and the Heat’s Erik Spoelstra wererenewed Saturday. But long before Snyder and Spoelstra becamesuccessful NBA coaches they competed as teenagers in AAUtournaments in the Pacific Northwest. Snyder grew up in Washingtonand Spoelstra’s formative years were spent in Oregon.

UPNEXT

The Hawks andHeat will complete their two-game set Monday in Miami.