The Heat had the possibility of imposing itself on Tuesday, November 26, on the Bucks who arrived at the Kaseya Center without its star Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee) and despite starring in a great date to the end could not be.
In a highly contested match, in which the Miami team managed to tie after losing by 22 points, the Milwaukee quintet prevailed 106-103 in a heart attack final.
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Damian Lillard’s 37 points and coach Erik Spoelstra’s opening error to put Haywood Highsmith on him were key especially after we found that Terry Rozier was the solution.
In this way the Bucks (9-9) snatched the Heat (7-8) 5th place and sent it to 6th place, although the most important thing was that Miami with 1-2 was practically eliminated from the NBA Cup.
The Capital of the Sun quintet pulled 45.5% (34.5% in triples) with 46 points in the paint but missed 7 free throws and the Bucks doubled it in triples (20-10).
Jimmy Butler was the best of the Heat with 23 very important points and five assists, as well as taking care of Lillard during the comeback.
He was followed by Tyler Herro with 18 units, plus 5 rebounds and five assists. As Rozier returned in great form, he contributed 17 points from the bench including three triples at the time of truth.
Bam Adebayo used 16 cartons and also 5 rebounds and five assists, as did Duncan Robinson, who reached 11 points.
For the Bucks, Damian Lillard stood out with 8 of 13 in triples, Brook Lopez with 13, Bobby Portis with 11, Taurean Prince with 10, and Pat Connaughton with 10 others,
The first half ended with a good lead for Milwaukee 65-51, after imposing in the two quarters based on triples (13-21), with Lillard carrying the singing voice with 25 points while Miami barely stood out Butler with 11 and Herro with 10.
The Bucks backed up by 17 points from Lillard took the first 31-20 after dominating the entire quarter against a Heat who was not right either in defense or in attack, where he had a poor 33.3 percent (1-7 in triples), with Butler as the best scorer with 7 and with the good news of Terry Rozier’s return coming off the bench.
Miami improved to the offensive in the second, but its defense could not contain the Milwaukee snipers, who also won the second 34-31, in order to rest with 14 points ahead.
A reaction from the Heat was expected at the start of the third half, but nothing; against the Bucks they increased the advantage to 22 points, although then he reduced it again to 14 curiously with his two rookies on the court (Pelle Larsson and Kelel Ware), after Adebayo’s departure with his fourth foul.
But it didn’t go there. Miami continued its comeback, managing to get to just 5 points, 85-80, after winning the 29-20 partial with another 9 points from Butler and a great defense.
The quintet of La Capital del Sol was only three units at the beginning of the last partial with a basket of Ware. The Bucks stretched it to 9 and the Heat reduced it to 5 with 8 minutes to play.
After putting himself at just one point, with 4:02 the Heat tied the game for the first time in the night, Milwaukee on several occasions stretched the lead to four, but Rozier reduced it to one, the most important in the end with 29 seconds, but within 5 seconds Herro failed the decisive shot and could not consummate the dump, despite winning the partial 23-21.
