Five takeaways from the Miami Heat's 120-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks in their fourth of five preseason games on Wednesday night to complete a back-to-back preseason set at the Kaseya Center. The Heat (3-1) wrap up their preseason schedule Friday against the Grizzlies in Memphis, Tennessee.

Even on the second night of a back-to-back preseason set following Tuesday's home win over the San Antonio Spurs, the Heat again played with their projected opening lineup.

The Heat began their third straight preseason game with their preferred starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo. These three games are the first three this five-man group has ever played together.

As with the first two games together, there were positive results on Wednesday. The Heat's starting lineup outscored the Hawks by eight points in a total of 21 minutes.

“It's just the chemistry, you just play super hard on the ball, off the ball, you're connected defensively,” Rozier said when asked about the Heat's starters playing extended minutes one after the other on the second night of a preseason game. “No matter if it’s a back-to-back, I’m trying to make up for it. We have a lot of people who are just active and doing stuff like that and feeding off that energy.”

The Heat's starters built a 22-21 lead in the first 8:54 of the first quarter during their first shift of the game.

The Heat's starting unit's second effort of the night came in the second quarter, outscoring the Hawks 22-19 in the final 7:25 of the first half.

The Heat's starting group then opened the second half for the second straight game, outscoring the Hawks 12-8 in the first 4:36 of the third quarter in their final stint of the night (and possibly this preseason).

Butler was the catalyst against the Hawks, finishing the game with 24 points on 8 of 11 shooting from the field, 2 of 2 shooting on three-pointers and 6 of 8 shooting from the foul line, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in 21 minutes.

“Super efficient,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of Butler’s performance. “Activity level defensively too. Yes, he is a super unique player as he can do both at such an elite level and in just 21 minutes. Each of the starters had their moments at some point in the preseason. Jimmy just wanted to make sure he had some moments tonight.”

Herro scored 19 points on 7 of 12 shooting from the field, 3 of 7 shooting on three-pointers and 2 of 2 shooting from the foul line, five rebounds, five assists and one steal in 23 minutes.

Adebayo finished the night with seven points on 3 of 6 shooting from the field and 1 of 3 shooting on threes, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals in 23 minutes.

Jovic contributed five points on 2 of 5 shooting from the field and 1 of 4 shooting on threes, one rebound and three assists in 24 minutes.

Rozier scored six points on 3 of 11 shooting from the field and 0 of 3 shooting on threes, four rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block in 23 minutes.

The Heat's preferred starting lineup is plus-12 through their first three games together this preseason.

Star guard Trae Young played 17 minutes for the Hawks and recorded 10 points and seven assists against the Heat.

The Heat want a more available Butler this season. So far, so good.

After not playing in a preseason game last year, Butler has played in each of the Heat's first four preseason games this year. These four games are the most Butler has played in a single preseason during his six seasons with the Heat.

Through the first four preseason games this year, Butler averaged 12.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, two assists and two steals per game while shooting 64 percent from the field and 3 of 6 (50 percent) from three-point range lap.

Butler even had some fun in his fourth preseason appearance on Wednesday, mimicking Rozier's look for games. Like Rozier, Butler wore sleeves on his left leg and arm, a bracelet on his right wrist and purple sneakers to play against the Hawks.

“I thought it was cool, I thought it was great,” Rozier said with a smile when asked about Butler’s decision to copy his look. “He was trolling, but it was funny.”

Butler, 35, missed 20 or more regular-season games last regular season due to injuries and other reasons for the third time in the last four seasons. He also was unavailable for the Heat's short-lived five-game playoff run last season after suffering a sprained MCL in his right knee during the NBA play-in tournament.

The Heat are hoping Butler can stay healthy to maximize his availability this season. This preseason is an encouraging start for Butler, who can become an unrestricted free agent next summer with a $52.4 million player option in his contract for next season.

There was a bit of a twist to the Heat's bench rotation on Wednesday.

The first five players off the Heat's bench on Wednesday were Duncan Robinson, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Haywood Highsmith, Alec Burks and Thomas Bryant. After Burks committed three fouls in six minutes, Smith entered the game as the Heat's 11th man at the start of the second quarter.

Those were the only six Heat reserves used in the first half on Wednesday.

The only notable name missing from this list is Kevin Love, who is expected to begin the season as the Heat's backup center. Love made his first play of the night with 5:13 left in the third quarter.

Love, Pelle Larsson, Kel'el Ware, Keshad Johnson, Isaiah Stevens and Josh Christopher all started in the second half for the Heat.

Highsmith was the star of the night for the Heat's bench, scoring a total of 16 points in 17 minutes on 6 of 8 shooting from the field and 2 of 4 shooting on three-pointers. He was also tasked with guarding Young for a portion of his minutes.

“I say that as a huge compliment, he’s the utility infielder,” Spoelstra said of Highsmith. “You can use him in a lot of different spots defensively and he makes the defense better. “He can guard one through five on certain occasions. He is also a very disciplined system defender. He is in the right places. And then he became much more active defensively, he also became a playmaker.

“His game has improved enormously on offense. He's a great three-point shooter now. But he’s also very good at cutting behind the ball.”

Nassir Little, Zyon Pullin and Warren Washington were the only available Heat players who did not appear in Wednesday's game.

The only Heat player unavailable against the Hawks was Josh Richardson, who continues to recover from right shoulder surgery he underwent in March.

The Heat continues to monitor analytics with its shot chart this preseason.

One of the most noticeable changes from last season was the Heat's shot chart this preseason. After relying on a high number of mid-range shots last season (one of the least efficient shots in the sport), the focus this season is on creating a more efficient shot chart by taking fewer attempts from the middle distance and more shots at the rim and from there make three-point range.

That change began weeks ago when the Heat coaching staff during training camp adjusted the scoring format in scrimmages so that layups and dunks were worth three points, three-pointers were worth three points and mid-range shots were worth just one point.

This approach was evident throughout the preseason, as the Heat began the NBA on Wednesday and averaged the third-most shot attempts at the rim and the ninth-most three-point attempts per game in the NBA this preseason. Miami also made the sixth-fewest non-paint mid-range two-point shots per game in the league during the exhibition schedule.

That trend continued against the Hawks as the Heat attempted 45 shots from the field and 42 from three-point range. Only three of the Heat's 90 field goal attempts on Wednesday were mid-range two-pointers that went unused.

The Heat hopes a more efficient shot chart will lead to more efficient offensive production. Miami has posted a bottom-10 offensive rating in each of the last two seasons.

“I just like the intent and the ball moving,” Spoelstra said when asked about the Heat’s offensive process this preseason. “It's a lot harder to guard when you don't know where it's going. We know where we want to go, but then there has to be freedom to make choices and each has to be a viable option.

“We have a lot of weapons on this team and if we don't use them by moving the ball, passing, finding the open man, finding the advantage, then what's the point of having all the weapons?” You can't have a great offense just build on paper, there has to be collaboration. Guys have to have the intention to make it work and play the way we want. From the first day of camp until today, the boys were open to the topic and laid the foundation. We just have to keep getting better with it.”

The Heat continue to play an extremely aggressive style on defense, forcing their opponents to lose more than 20 turnovers in each of the first four preseason games. This means the Heat has the highest opponent turnover percentage in the NBA this preseason at 21.5 percent (percentage of opponent possessions that end in a turnover).

Don't expect many Heat starters to play in the Heat's regular season finale in Memphis.

Most of the Heat's starters have played in each of the first four preseason games. However, some (or most) are expected to have time off in Friday's fifth and final preseason game against the Grizzlies.

Those who have played in each of the Heat's first four preseason games include Adebayo, Butler, Rozier, Jovic, Smith, Robinson, Love, Christopher, Ware, Larsson and Bryant. Herro and Jaquez have played in each of the last three preseason games after missing the opening preseason game last week with groin injuries.