![]() ![]() … It was the 99th win of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's playoff career. Heat: Butler is averaging 16.5 points in first quarters in the series, with at least 13 points to open all four games. … All three of Antetokounmpo's playoff triple-doubles have come on the road - two at Miami, the other at Boston. the Heat in a season Boston made 126 in 10 games last season. ![]() ![]() He had 22 of Miami's 28 first-quarter points, including 20 in a row over a span of 5:45 late in the period.Īnd in the fourth, he had 21 more - leading a massive comeback.īucks: Milwaukee now has made 138 3-pointers in eight games against Miami this season, including playoffs. He set the tone early - with the highest-scoring quarter of his career. He worked out Sunday, went through shootaround with the Bucks on Monday, got cleared to play and looked good as new. He added a step-back jumper on Miami’s next possession, punched the air in celebration, and the Heat knew they would soon be leaving with a 3-1 lead.Īntetokounmpo missed Games 2 and 3 of the series - and most of Game 1 - with a bruised lower back. The lead changed hands four more times, and Butler’s 3-pointer with 1:20 left put Miami ahead for good. That’s when a 13-0 run, capped by a Butler dunk off a Bucks turnover, put Miami up for the first time all night with 3:17 left - 102-101. Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from a two-game absence with a bruised back and had a triple-double - 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.Īnd the Bucks led almost the whole way, until the Heat roared back in the final minutes.īutler had 21 of his points in the fourth, and the Heat still trailed 101-89 after a layup by Lopez with 6:09 left. Game 5 is at Milwaukee on Wednesday.īrook Lopez scored 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. He was 19 for 28 from the field, 15 of 18 from the foul line and added nine rebounds for eighth-seeded Miami - which took a 3-1 lead over the Bucks in their Eastern Conference first-round series.īam Adebayo scored 15, Caleb Martin had 12 and Gabe Vincent scored 10 for the Heat. The 56 points also became Butler’s career high. MIAMI (AP) Jimmy Butler scored a Miami playoff record 56 points, and the Heat roared back from 14 points down in the final quarter to stun the Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 on Monday night to put the NBA's top overall seed on the brink of early elimination. ![]()
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