Bucks beat Heat for the tie

Even without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee showed why they are the best team in the league

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Mat Pellizer

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The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat last night for the tie in the series. Even though they didn’t have one of their major stars, Giannis Antetokounmpo, the team could overcome this disadvantage and win 138-122 in another great game by both teams. With the series tied now in 1-1, the teams are heading to Miami for Games 3 and 4.

Yesterday the home team was dominant since the first minute. After a great first quarter and an even better second one, they went to the locker rooms leading the game by 26 points, with a partial score of 81-55. In the second half, they even opened 33 points of advantage, but in the end, the Heat scored a few points after the blowout, while the Bucks had a couple of backups playing.

Another outstanding achievement in the night came from the Bucks. After converting 25 of 49 three-pointers, they tied the NBA record of 3-pointers converted in the history of the playoffs. Playing his best career game, Pat Connaughton had 6 (out of 10) successful shots from beyond the arc.

Best Performances

With a score this high it is natural that a lot of players had a great game. To have an idea, 13 players scored 10+ points, including four with 20+. We also had two double-doubles from Bucks players. Check out the best performances and all the numbers.

Milwaukee Bucks

  • Brook Lopez – 25 PTS
  • Jrue Holiday – 24 PTS/5 REB/11 AST
  • Pat Connaughton – 22 PTS
  • Bobby Portis – 13 PTS/15 REB/5 AST

Miami Heat

  • Jimmy Butler – 25 PTS
  • Bam Adebayo – 18 PTS/5 AST

Bets

In this game, we had a better performance. The fact that the game had so many points helped a lot since this implies that players are also having a great performance. Check out the outcome of our predictions for this game.

  • MIL Bucks -6.0 (MIL won by 16)
  • Over 219.0 points (260 points)
  • Jrue Holiday over 20.5 points (24 points)
  • Bam Adebayo over 20.5 points (18 points)
  • Khris Middleton over 6.5 rebounds (6 rebounds)
  • Jrue Holiday has a double-double (24 PTS/11 AST)
  • Brook Lopez over 23.5 points, rebounds and assists combined (25 PTS/4 REB/2 AST = 31 total)
  • Brook Lopez over 1.5 assists (2 assists)
  • MIA Heat under 106.5 points (122 points)
  • Jrue Holiday has a triple-double (24 PTS/5 REB/11 AST)