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MIAMI -- Trae Young figured the game was over.
Turns out, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat were just getting started -- on one of the wildest stat nights in team history.
Duncan Robinson tied a franchise record with 10 3-pointers, Butler and Bam Adebayo each had triple-doubles, and the Heat went on a late flurry to beat the Atlanta Hawks 135-121 in overtime Tuesday.
The Heat were down by six with 59 seconds left in regulation when Young took a celebratory walk to the Atlanta bench for a timeout, with Butler hearing him shout, "It's over!"
Miami scored the next 22 points -- the final six of regulation and the first 16 of overtime -- to improve to 18-6 overall and 11-0 at home.
"I don't think anybody really thought the Heat were relevant," Adebayo said. "We're making people watch us."
Kendrick Nunn scored a career-high 36 points, one off the Heat rookie single-game record. Robinson scored 34, a career high. Adebayo finished with a career-high 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Butler had 20 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
Afterward, Butler couldn't resist a jab at Young on Instagram, writing: "this man @traeyoung is a teller of the future. he was right. game WAS over!"
Young also took to social media and acknowledged his mistake in a short tweet.
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2 undrafted Dudes combine for 70 points!
Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn, of Michigan and Oakland fame, respectively, went bananas on Tuesday night to the tune of a combined 70 points in a 135-121 overtime win vs. Atlanta.
Robinson was a blazing 10 of 14 from downtown and 12 of 16 from the field. He finished with a career-high 34 points. It was just three weeks ago that Robinson torched his former coach John Beilein with nine triples and 29 points in a blowout of the Cavs.
His ascension has been one of the NBA?s biggest surprises, considering he appeared in just 15 games a season ago and scored more than six points just once, a 15-point outing in the finale.
Turns out, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat were just getting started -- on one of the wildest stat nights in team history.
Duncan Robinson tied a franchise record with 10 3-pointers, Butler and Bam Adebayo each had triple-doubles, and the Heat went on a late flurry to beat the Atlanta Hawks 135-121 in overtime Tuesday.
The Heat were down by six with 59 seconds left in regulation when Young took a celebratory walk to the Atlanta bench for a timeout, with Butler hearing him shout, "It's over!"
Miami scored the next 22 points -- the final six of regulation and the first 16 of overtime -- to improve to 18-6 overall and 11-0 at home.
"I don't think anybody really thought the Heat were relevant," Adebayo said. "We're making people watch us."
Kendrick Nunn scored a career-high 36 points, one off the Heat rookie single-game record. Robinson scored 34, a career high. Adebayo finished with a career-high 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Butler had 20 points, a career-high 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
Afterward, Butler couldn't resist a jab at Young on Instagram, writing: "this man @traeyoung is a teller of the future. he was right. game WAS over!"
Young also took to social media and acknowledged his mistake in a short tweet.
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2 undrafted Dudes combine for 70 points!
Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn, of Michigan and Oakland fame, respectively, went bananas on Tuesday night to the tune of a combined 70 points in a 135-121 overtime win vs. Atlanta.
Robinson was a blazing 10 of 14 from downtown and 12 of 16 from the field. He finished with a career-high 34 points. It was just three weeks ago that Robinson torched his former coach John Beilein with nine triples and 29 points in a blowout of the Cavs.
His ascension has been one of the NBA?s biggest surprises, considering he appeared in just 15 games a season ago and scored more than six points just once, a 15-point outing in the finale.
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