Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade drives to the basket against Atlanta Hawks during his side’s victory. Carlos Barria / Reuters

The Miami Heat ended a three-game losing streak by beating the slumping Atlanta Hawks 92-75 on Monday. The Heat never looked back after racing into a 30-14 lead at the end of the first quarter with shooting guard Dwyane Wade registering 28 points and Michael Beasley contributing 22 and eight rebounds.

“We’ve shown an ability to bounce back and have some resiliency,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

“It was a strong, important win.”

The Hawks fell to their fourth consecutive defeat and recorded a season-low scoring total with reserve Jamal Crawford (23 points) one of just two players reaching double figures.

“If we would’ve put a little more effort in, it would have been a different story,” Atlanta point guard Mike Bibby said.

It was the second meeting this season between two teams who faced off in a seven-game first-round play-off series won by the Hawks last year.

“I guess it could be a little bit of a rivalry,” said the Miami forward Udonis Haslem.

“We just didn’t come out ready to play,” said the Atlanta coach Mike Woodson.

“I have to take responsibility for that. It’s unacceptable how we played.”