Adebayo, Heat to visit Young, Hawks

Miami Heat (15-13, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Atlanta Hawks (16-15, seventh in the Eastern Conference)

Atlanta; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Heat take on Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks in Eastern Conference action Saturday.

The Hawks have gone 11-7 against Eastern Conference teams. Atlanta gives up 119.5 points and has been outscored by 2.3 points per game.

The Heat are 4-2 in division games. Miami ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference shooting 37.8% from 3-point range.

The Hawks are shooting 46.5% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points higher than the 46.0% the Heat allow to opponents. The Heat average 14.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 fewer made shots on average than the 16.1 per game the Hawks allow.

TOP PERFORMERS: Young is averaging 22 points and 12.1 assists for the Hawks.

Bam Adebayo is averaging 16.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 4.9 assists for the Heat.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 6-4, averaging 119.4 points, 47.6 rebounds, 29.5 assists, 10.7 steals and 5.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.7 points per game.

Heat: 6-4, averaging 111.4 points, 43.8 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 46.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.2 points.

INJURIES: Hawks: Onyeka Okongwu: out (knee), Bogdan Bogdanovic: day to day (leg), Kobe Bufkin: out for season (shoulder), Cody Zeller: out (personal).

Heat: Dru Smith: out for season (achilles), Josh Richardson: day to day (heel), Jimmy Butler: day to day (illness).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.