Published 17:22 IST, December 11th 2019
Trae Young gestures 'its over' to Miami Heat crowd, ends up losing bizarrely in overtime
Trae Young thought that Hawks had pocketed the match with the six-point lead with under a minute left. The Heat had other ideas as they won thegame in overtime.
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It looked like Trae Young had helped Atlanta Hawks to win over Miami Heat in regulation time, but script was about to change as Heat bounced back in final minute of regulation time to tie game and force game to overtime. Heat n completely outplayed Hawks scoring first 16 points of overtime to win match 135-121.
Heat will w host Los Angeles Lakers, who share NBA's best record alongside Milwaukee Bucks and n ir next game will be with Orlando Magic. Atlanta next game will be against Chicago Bulls.
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NBA: Trae Young shut down by Miami Heat
With just under a minute left on clock, Hawks had a 117-111 advant over Heat after Trae Young set up Alex Len for a dunk which handed Hawks a six-point lead. Trae Young was convinced that Hawks had already pocketed game and yelled ‘it’s over’ with just 59.9 seconds left on clock. lead though did t last long as Heat mounted a comeback with time left on clock.
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NBA: Jimmy Butler takes Hawks vs Heat game into overtime
six-point lead did t last long as Butler and Robinson took matters in ir hands. y hit three-pointers to tie game at 117 with 29.8 seconds remaining and n forcing game to overtime. overtime belonged to Robinson, Adebayo and Derrick Jones Jr., who helped Miami Heat to score first 16 points in overtime and n snatch victory from jaws of defeat.
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NBA: Hawks vs Heat
Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo both posted triple-doubles for Heat. Duncan Robinson hit 10 three-pointers scoring 34 points. Kendrick Nunn led all scorers with 36 (14-of-26 shooting), and Adebayo chipped in with 30-points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. De'Andre Hunter scored a career-high 28 points to lead Hawks and Trae Young added 21 points and nine assists.
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13:55 IST, December 11th 2019