Even without star guard Trae Young, the Atlanta Hawks found a way to outpower the gritty Miami Heat Saturday (PHL), 109-108.
Down two, Dejounte Murray pulled up and drilled the go-ahead triple for the Hawks with two seconds left. The clutch three ended up being the second consecutive game-winner for Murray, after his cold-blooded strike against the Orlando Magic earlier in the week.
DEJOUNTE MURRAY. PULL-UP 3 FOR THE WIN.
— NBA (@NBA) January 20, 2024
His 2nd game-winner in a row after his buzzer-beater on Wednesday 🤯😱 pic.twitter.com/dKfJKUxAaJ
Dejounte finished with 22 points and 11 assists for Atlanta, while Bogdan Bogdanovic dropped 17 points. Jalen Johnson had 15 and Saddiq Bey went with 14 for the Hawks.
Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro paced the Heat with 25 points apiece, while Bam Adebayo poured in 21.
While he played spoiler in the Heat's fun, Murray acknowledged that it was a special night for Miami, as the organization retired mainstay Udonis Haslem's number 40 jersey.
"He's a real vet, real professional. I call him an OG. I just want to put it out there," Murray said after the game.
"But we wanted to spoil that night. We wanted to get that win tonight... so our mentality was win no matter that."
The Hawks improve to 18-23 with the victory, while the Heat slide to 24-18.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
