It couldn’t be worse… the playoffs could start for them Bucks. The team with the best record of the season saw him Giannis Antetokounmpo to leave the first match against the Heat with a back problem after a bad fall he had in the first period and they were defeated 130-117 losing home advantage.
THE Jimmy Butler with 35 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds and o Bam Antebayo with 22 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists led the winners, who in turn lost in the second period with fractured right hand Tyler Hiro. Despite all that, they had 15/25 three-pointers, in contrast to the home team’s 11/44. THE Chris Middleton he was 33 and o Bobby Portis 21 points for Milwaukee, while o Jrue Holiday tallied 16 points and as many assists.
Miami entered the match with courage and with Butler having 14 points in the first quarter, it went up to +14, 15-29. The Bucks with Portis and Middleton found answers and came close to the point, 42-43, however the injury of Giannis in the middle and the news of his final departure from the match brought extra impetus to the Heat. Butler took his weapon again, led his team back to a difference, 52-66, with the half closing at +13 and Erik Spoelstra’s team dominating.
Although Miami also had a loss by losing Hiro in the second period, it found the solutions and withstood the pressure of the Bucks (75-78). Love provided many solutions from the bench and with a three-pointer by… the forgotten Robinson in the third twelve minutes found the Heat at +14, 88-102. In the last period, Milwaukee could not get closer than -8 (98-106, 111-119) and lost.
The second game of the series will be the early Thursday (04:00) again in Milwaukee.
Twelve minutes: 24-33, 55-68, 88-102, 117-130
See here the statistics of the match
Source: Sport Fm
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