Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from his back injury with a triple-double, but Miami with Jimmy Butler’s career record (56 points) made it 3-1 and is one win away from qualifying.
After the end of the match, Mike Budenholzer talked about the appearance of the Greek Freak, which he said he probably couldn’t do more.
What Budenholzer said in detail:
“I have to give credit to Butler, he hit some big shots, we have to see what we can improve on. Holliday has the freedom to shoot when played under on screens. Jrue and all of us tried to make Butler’s life difficult, but he did a terrible job.”
On the timeout he didn’t take when the Heat came back from -13: “They didn’t give us a timeout, there was no explanation. We had our chances in the last period but we weren’t able to get much going on either side of the floor.”
For John’s appearance: “Yiannis was unreal with 13 assists, he found the right plays, he got to the basket. I’m not sure what more he could have done, we’ll see what we could have done better, but the fact that he played like that is very encouraging.”
For the mistakes in the finale: “Our mistakes were because we wanted to play fast, with the clock. We had some good shots but we just couldn’t put them in.”
On what the Bucks need to do now: “We have to go home and win, we talked about it in the dressing room. Life isn’t complicated, that’s what we have to do.”
Source: Sport Fm
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