Jaime Jaquez Jr. capped his sixth-man award candidacy by scoring 26 points off the bench, Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell each scored 25 and the Miami Heat tuned up for the play-in tournament by beating the Atlanta Hawks 143-117 ...
The Atlanta Hawks have clinched a top-six seed, but a bigger question looms. Recent performances may be quietly revealing their most favorable first-round path.
CJ McCollum scored 29 points and the Atlanta Hawks used a big third quarter to blow out the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-102 on Friday night, clinching the Southeast Division and no worse than the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs ...