The Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies finalized the NBA playoff field with wins on Friday night. Miami outlasted the Atlanta Hawks in overtime to become the first No. 10 seed to advance out of the play-in round. The Heat are now the No. 8 seed in the full playoff bracket and will face the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round.

The Miami Heat became the first 10th-seeded team to reach the NBA play-offs through the play-in tournament as they scored an overtime success against the Atlanta Hawks. The Heat began the four-team Eastern Conference qualification tournament needing to win consecutive road games to advance.

The Miami Heat became the first No. 10 seed to advance to the playoffs from the play-in tournament since it became official for each conference's No. 7 through No. 10 seeds for the 2021 playoffs.