Kazoo for the Bucks, they lost in Milwaukee and were eliminated by the Heat

They fainted Bucks and the season ended prematurely for them. The Hit they came back from -16 in the fourth period, sent the game to overtime with an incredibly difficult basket by Jimmy Butler and prevailed there 128-126 reaching 4-1 and qualifying for the East semifinals, where they will play the Knicks.

THE Jimmy Butler had 42 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, while Gabe Vincent added 22 points and Bam Adebayo had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. THE John Antetokounmpo he finished the game with 38 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists, but he was quite inaccurate (14/25 2-pointers, 0/2 3-pointers), especially on 10/23 shots), while also committing 7 fouls. Khris Middleton had 33 points but with 10/24, while Jrue Holiday had 16 with 4/11.

They played with fire, but they didn’t get burned and the Bucks didn’t take an early break. With a lot of stress, they prevailed 128-126 against the Heat in Milwaukee and reduced the series to 3-2, now playing a very crucial match in two days in Miami. The home team entered the fourth period with a +16 lead, but did everything they could to… put their opponents back in the match, who came within one shot of victory.

The Bucks’ nervous start gave the Heat a chance to lead by eight, 18-26. Antetokounmpo and Middleton took it personally, scoring 28 of their team’s 33 points in the first period (33-36), but Miami, with Lowry providing solutions off the bench, pulled within eight again, 38-46. Connaton and Lopez helped the hosts to turn the match around and reach 66-56 by closing the half with +6, 69-63, with Giannis having 19 points and 7 rebounds in 17 minutes, even with 7/14 shots.

The guests entered the second half even more decisively and went ahead, 73-75 and 80-81. But the Greek Freak took it upon himself and, reaching 29 points, led the Bucks to 91-81. Three straight 3-pointers from Lopez and Middleton closed the third quarter for Milwaukee at +16, 102-86, but the home team started the fourth quarter very badly and saw the Heat close to six, 103-97. Spoelstra’s players cut to all five, 108-103, but an important three-pointer by Matthews increased the distance to eight (111-103). Butler with consecutive baskets tied the match, 111-111, 2:11 before the end! Middleton’s two-pointer with 27.8″ left put the Bucks ahead 113-111, Butler missed a 3-pointer for the layup at 20″ and Miami was forced to foul.

Holliday with 2/2 at 14” seemed to “clean up” the match, but Vincent reduced with a three-pointer (117-116) and the bad rebound brought Lowry to steal from Middleton. The referees initially called a foul, but after a challenge by Erik Spoelstra, a jamball was given because the defense was deemed legal, but there was no team possession. Lopez won the dunk and Holliday drew a foul with 2.1 left, but he hit only the second shot for a 118-116 lead. After the visitors’ timeout Butler after a back-door pass scored (after appearing to push Connaughton) an incredibly difficult basket to send the match into overtime.

There Miami got away with seven, 119-126, against the very stressed and misguided Bucks. A three-pointer by Middleton and a basket by Giannis cut the gap to a basket, 124-126, with 59″ left. But on the next possession, Struss was fouled for three shots and hit two. The Greek Freak with an offensive rebound and a basket kept his team alive, but after Vincent’s missed 3-pointer, Allen missed a tough try for the win.

Twelve minutes: 33-36, 69-63, 102-86, 118-118, 126-128

See here the statistics of the match