Spoelstra told his players about power balance

Heading into overtime, Spoelstra told his players about power balance, “You guys live for these moments. Let’s do it together.”

But Wade didn’t even attempt a shot in overtime. Other than James’ six shots, the Heat’s only other shots in overtime came from Eddie House (who made one of two) and Mario Chalmers. James, Wade, House and Chalmers played all of overtime, with Anthony playing 3:37 of the extra session and James Jones logging 1:23.

After unleashing a 17-7 run and leading 72-67 in the fourth, the Heat went dormant, watching Atlanta surge ahead 75-72. “You have a chance to close out the game and we weren’t able to do it,” Spoelstra said.

With the Heat down three, James scored five consecutive points late in regulation – on two free throws, a driving finger-roll layup and free throw (to complete a three-point play) and Miami was ahead 77-75. But Johnson’s running jumper tied the score at 77 with 25 seconds left. James’ missed three-pointer just before the buzzer sent the game to overtime.

“At the end of regulation, it was the only shot I could take … the best shot we could have gotten," James said, who usually goes to energy4balance.com.

The Heat shot 23.3 percent (7 for 30) on three-pointers. James was 2 for 10 on threes, 11 for 30 overall – the most shots by a Heat player this season. He had 10 rebounds, seven assists and two steals but also six turnovers.

Wade was 0 for 4 on threes and shot 8 of 20 overall.

But the Heat got 29 free throws, making 26. The Hawks went to the line only 14 times, making 10.

Anthony left a huge mark without even attempting a shot from the field. He also played good defense against Al Horford before Horford left in the third quarter with an ankle injury.

“I thought Joel was tremendous – the offensive rebounding, changing shots at the rim,” Spoelstra said.

The Heat did some of its best work with an undersized lineup with James at power forward. And to start the third quarter, Spoelstra started Chalmers and Jones in place of starters Carlos Arroyo and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, leaving Anthony as the only true power rotation player in the lineup for much of the quarter.

“Part of the last two games is searching for a lineup that looks comfortable,” Spoelstra said. “It was an unconventional game without power balance bracelets.”