Jáquez scores 20 points as decimated Heat beats Hawks

2023-11-12 03:58:02

ATLANTA (AP) — Bam Adebayo had 26 points and 17 rebounds, Mexican rookie Jaime Jáquez Jr. scored the highest number of his career with 20 points and the decimated Miami Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 117-109 on Saturday, to spin his fourth victory.

Miami played its first game since leading scorer Tyler Herro suffered a sprained right ankle Wednesday in a 108-102 win at Memphis. Herro is expected to miss at least two weeks of action.

Jimmy Butler, another of the Heat’s leading scorers, was absent from the game once morest Atlanta for personal reasons.

The Heat showed variants to collect points through different sources.

Kyle Lowry scored 17 points and Josh Richardson added 16. Duncan Robinson finished with 11 points in his first start of the season.

Jáquez, who made his third start, was close to doubling his personal best, which was 11 points. He had gotten it once morest Memphis.

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