Hawks rout Mavs in opener

Cam Reddish scored 20 points, Trae Young added 19 and the Atlanta Hawks began a season of high expectations with a 113-87 rout of Luka Doncic and the Mavericks on Thursday night, ruining the debut of Dallas coach Jason Kidd.

Coming off a surprising run to the Eastern Conference final, the Hawks took control of the game with a dominant third quarter, stretching a 5144 halftime lead to 86-64 heading to the fourth.

After a sluggish start, Young scored 12 points and dished out nine assists in the decisive period, drawing chants of “MVP! MVP!” from the home crowd in the very first game.

Reddish led a stellar effort from the deep Hawks bench, which contributed 44 points.

The Mavericks were thoroughly miserable in their first game under Kidd, who had not been a head coach since he was fired in Milwaukee during the 2017-18 season.

Doncic was held to 18 points on 6-of-17 shooting, to go along with 11 rebounds and seven assists.

Heat 137, Bucks 95 — Tyler Herro scored 27 points in 24 minutes off the bench, Jimmy Butler added 21 and Miami opened its season with an easy victory over NBA champion Milwaukee.

Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Heat, who set team records for opening night scoring and opening night margin of victory.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 15 points and Grayson Allen added 14 for Milwaukee. Khris Middleton had 10 points on 4-for-14 shooting for the Bucks, who were without, among others, Jrue Holiday (right heel), Brook Lopez (back) and Bobby Portis (left hamstring).

Miami outrebounded Milwaukee 58-38.