Antetokounmpo notches triple-double, Bucks outlast Heat 123-115

The Miami Warmth wrapped up a disappointing street journey with a 123-115 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday evening in a recreation wherein Giannis Antetokounmpo tallied a triple-double with 35 factors, 15 rebounds and 11 assists.

As they did of their prior losses on this 1-3 street journey, Miami performed effectively in stretches and will have got here out of this dogfight with one in every of their most treasured victories of the season however as an alternative are left with one other irritating loss in one more shut recreation. Sure, the shorthanded Warmth, who have been with out Kyle Lowry and Victor Oladipo, deserve credit score for hanging robust and never giving up in opposition to the No. 2 seed within the East, however when the margin of error is razor-thin in these clutch conditions, the group isn’t ok to constantly win these video games.

Jimmy Butler had a monster third quarter efficiency and completed with 32 factors for the evening however sadly had little influence within the recreation by the point he re-entered within the fourth quarter. The sport had see-sawed forwards and backwards as Miami not solely hung round however landed haymakers even when they have been down to only 9 accessible gamers, however progressively it turned obvious that Antetokounmpo was an excessive amount of of a pressure to be contained within the closing a number of minutes of the sport and Milwaukee’s taking pictures from deep assured them of their seventh consecutive victory.

Thankfully for the Warmth, their rivals the New York Knicks additionally misplaced tonight so they keep a recreation lead over them and the sixth seed with their 29-25 document.

Miami subsequent hosts the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday at 7:30pm.