Atlanta at Miami

[Real Deal]

TIME: 7:30 PM ET

TV: NBA TV

[Built Ford Tough]

MIAMI -- There was a moment in the final seconds where LeBron James was waving his arms, motioning for another sellout Miami Heat crowd to quiet down so Dwyane Wade could shoot free throws in peace.

 

For much of the game, it was the Atlanta Hawks keeping them quiet -- until the Heat perked up just in time.

 

James had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Wade added 18 points and set up Udonis Haslem for an alley-oop dunk with 12 seconds left, and the Heat rallied to beat the Hawks 89-86 on Wednesday night.

 

"We needed one of these games," James said. "It's about time we had one of these games where we had to fight for every minute, all the way down the stretch. ... It was good for us to close this game out."

 

Miami won its 11th straight at home and had to come from 10 points down in the third quarter to extend that streak. Another Heat streak ended -- it was Miami's first time since April 6, 2006, without making a 3-pointer, a span that included 455 regular-season games and 60 more in the playoffs.

 

The Heat were 0 for 10 from beyond the arc.

 

"Sometimes you have to win them ugly," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And that was ugly there for a while."

 

Josh Smith scored 23 for the Hawks, who were without Joe Johnson and Tracy McGrady, among others. Jannero Pargo had a look at a potential tying 3-pointer at the buzzer, but it hit the rim and bounced away.

 

"He had a decent look at it. It just didn't go down," Hawks coach Larry Drew said. "We had an opportunity, but we squandered it away."

 

Jeff Teague scored 16 and Jerry Stackhouse added 10 for the Hawks. The Heat only had two players in double figures, with Chris Bosh managing only nine points on a 3 for 14 shooting night.

 

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