After yesterday's parade, Giannis Antetokounmpo hugged Jon Horst, stood on a Jeep and then chatted with me about the Bucks' championship run.

"Now they respect us, man. Milwaukee is on the f**king map again."

Our 1-on-1 conversation at @TheAthletic: theathletic.com/2723411/2021/0…

FINAL: Heat 129, Hawks 117
- Antetokounmpo 24pts/18reb/3ast
- Adebayo 24pts/9reb/3ast/3stl
- Wiggins 18pts/2reb/2ast
- Larsson 17pts/6reb/8ast
- Hardaway 14pts/3reb
- Portis 11pts/9reb/4ast
- Mitchell 10pts/10ast

The Heat (1-4) have picked up their first win of the season.

Pelle Larsson tried an ill-advised deep ball that flew out of bounds. Hawks had a chance to cut it to four, but Andrew Wiggins comes up with a big block that puts Giannis Antetokounmpo on the run for a transition dunk.

Heat up, 120-112, with 3:08 left.

Huge steal by Davion Mitchell as he got switched onto Jalen Johnson and he gives it up to Pelle Larsson for a decel transition lay-in.

Heat up, 116-107, with 5:18 left. But this has not been a comfortable quarter for Miami.

The Giannis Antetokounmpo + bench unit can have some really high highs and some low lows, but they've largely survived the start of this fourth quarter.

Heat lead, 107-97, with 8:49 left.

Despite committing four turnovers in the first five minutes of the second half, the Heat starters have held onto a double-digit lead.

Adebayo up to 17 points with Andrew Wiggins (4-5 3pt) next at 15 points. Heat up, 81-70, with 7:04 left in the third quarter.

Half: Heat 69, Hawks 56
- Adebayo 13pts
- Portis 11pts/4reb/3ast
- Wiggins 11pts
- Antetokounmpo 8pts/11reb
- Mitchell 6pts/5ast
- Hardaway 6pts/2reb

Nice boost from Nikola Jović hitting the halfcourt buzzer beater running off the floor to end the first half.

Antetokounmpo's steal was the 1,000th of his career. That makes him the 12th player in league history with 1,000 steals, 1,000 blocked shots and at least 21,000 points, joining LeBron James and Kevin Durant as the lone active players in that group.

Giannis Antetokounmpo turns a steal into an assist for a Tim Hardaway Jr. dunk and that 7-0 run gives Miami a 49-40 lead with 7:03 left.

Good lane-running by both Hardaway and Pelle Larsson to get out in front of Antetokounmpo and make themselves available.

Hawks are back in this one after a quick run to open the second quarter. Timeout to Erik Spoelstra.

Heat up, 36-34, with 9:42 left in the second quarter.

Heat decided to go back to Giannis Antetokounmpo with two fouls to close out the first quarter and they built onto their lead.

Miami up, 34-25, after one quarter.

Adebayo leads Miami with 9 and Wiggins is next with 8.

Bam Adebayo continues to be aggressive as the Heat are attacking the Hawks' staggered Jalen Johnson+bench unit. He's up to 9 points.

Miami leads, 28-22, with 2:31 left in the first quarter.

Bam Adebayo with an aggressive early start tonight for the Heat. He has five early points, as does Andrew Wiggins.

Heat and Hawks tied at 12 with 7:07 left in the first quarter.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has picked up two personal fouls in the first four minutes and Bobby Portis is entering the game with 8:16 left in the first quarter.

Three of five games featuring foul trouble for the Heat's bigs in the first quarter.

Heat-Hawks. 5 of 82.

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Giannis’ Heat struggling. Yaxel rising (ROY?). West contenders falling. Dolan doing Dolan things. The Sixers’ big man problem.

An early look at the season, and whether some of these trends are real, with @DanWoikeSports and @eric_nehm, at @TheAthletic

nytimes.com/athletic/77304…

Simone Fontecchio did not travel with the Heat to Atlanta today due to illness, but potentially could join the team in time for Wednesday night’s game. He is listed as doubtful. Pelle Larsson (ankle) is listed as probable. No other players on Heat injury report.

The Miami Heat are now off to an 0-4 start.

"We all have to take a deep breath, and eventually, we’re gonna figure it out." - Giannis Antetokounmpo

While it may be prudent to remain patient, the Heat need to start winning games.

At @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/77286…

Davion Mitchell, on how he can get Bam Adebayo more involved offensively:

FINAL: Mavericks 113, Heat 109
- Antetokounmpo 29pts/15reb/11ast
- Mitchell 21pts/2ast/3stl
- Wiggins 12pts/3reb
- Larsson 12pts/4ast

The Heat are now 0-4, continuing to look for answers to try to get into the win column. They play again on Wednesday in Atlanta.