MIAMI, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Shareef Abdur-Rahim collected 34 points and 11 rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks held on Tuesday night for a 76-73 victory to improve to 3-0 this season against the Miami Heat.
Atlanta overcame 38 percent shooting to snap a nine-game road losing streak against the Heat, winning in Miami for the first time since April 21, 1996.
Miami sliced an eight-point deficit to 74-73 when Jimmy Jackson followed Eddie House's airball from beyond the arc with 4.6 seconds left.
But the Hawks inbounded in the backcourt to Hanno Mottola, who dribbled all but the final second off the clock before getting fouled. He made both free throws to give Atlanta a three-point cushion.
LaPhonso Ellis missed an off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Heat, who suffered a critical home loss in their attempt to climb back into the Eastern Conference playoff race.
With New York losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami missed a chance to climb out of last place in the Atlantic Division.
Eddie Jones and Rod Strickland each scored 16 points for the Heat, who had won 10 of their previous 12 games. However, Miami has dropped 16 games to sub-.500 teams this season.
