Heat, Hawks face key battle for postseason positioning

Two teams trying to elevate themselves out of the play-in tournament and into the playoffs will square off Saturday when the Atlanta Hawks start a four-game road trip with the first of consecutive games against the Miami Heat.

Miami is currently in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, 2 1/2 games behind the sixth-place Brooklyn Nets and a half-game ahead of the eighth-place Hawks.

The Heat have dropped two straight