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Mon Dec 27, 2004 · 8:30 PM
Atlanta HawksHawks
100
away
Chemistry Hot
Miami HeatHeat
90
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Chemistry Tense

Box Score

TEAM Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FINAL
Atlanta HawksHawks 36 34 18 12 100
Miami HeatHeat 16 26 19 29 90

After Action Report

In Miami, the Hawks outlasted the Heat 100-90. The Hawks won despite a cold shooting night — grit beat polish. Hawks' high-flyers tilted the pace and the rim; Hawks' shot-blockers turned the paint into a no-fly zone. Whispers of a Heat locker-room rift aren't helping. The Hawks rotation plan paid off — leaning into the right spots created real lift. Style points be damned.

What tipped it

  • Heat · Rim Wreckers A trio of high-flyers run, dunk, and tilt the pace.
  • Heat · Locker-Room Rift Tension in the locker room — poor ball movement and streaky play.
  • Hawks · Rim Wreckers A trio of high-flyers run, dunk, and tilt the pace.
  • Hawks · Block Party Multiple shot-blockers turn the paint into a no-fly zone.
  • Hawks · Ice Cold On a 4+ game losing streak — shots aren't falling.