The game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks will take place at Crypto.com Arena on Monday, April 24 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Miami Heat will welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the Crypto.com Arena for an NBA game on Monday. The Miami Heat won 121-99 in their last game over the Suns. Jimmy Butler took a hard fall. Victor Oladipo took a harder one. And the Miami Heat still found a way to knock off the Milwaukee Bucks, reclaiming the lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Butler scored 30 points before leaving with a sore glute, leading the eighth-seeded Heat past the top-seeded Bucks 121-99 on Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series.
But what should have been a celebratory postgame — big win, series lead, halfway to upsetting the NBA’s top overall seed — was anything but, after Oladipo left in the fourth quarter after a knee injury that had the Heat fearing very bad news. “I feel probably like how everybody feels,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It was a great win, but when you see a player go down like that — especially a player like Vic who’s gone through so much in the last three years … that’s definitely not a good feeling.”
Butler wasn’t moving well, and Oladipo’s situation — even without the Heat offering an initial diagnosis yet — did not seem good, based on the instant reaction of disbelief from teammates and staffers who rushed to his side as he grabbed at the knee. “We’re all praying for the best,” said Heat guard Duncan Robinson, who scored 20 points on his 29th birthday for Miami. Kyle Lowry scored 15 for the Heat.
The Milwaukee Bucks on the other hand lost 121-99 against the Clippers in their last game. Injuries have now become the biggest story in this series. The Bucks were without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo for a second consecutive game because of a bruised lower back, an injury he suffered in Game 1. The Heat were already without Tyler Herro because of a broken right hand, also from Game 1.
Khris Middleton scored 23 points, Jrue Holiday added 19 and Grayson Allen scored 14 for Milwaukee. “We need to be better,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “Like I said, give them credit. They played well. We need to be better. We need to deal with a lot of things better. That’ll be the challenge going into the next game.”
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Bam Adebayo, Max Strus, Gabe Vincent
Milwaukee Bucks: Khris Middleton, Bobby Portis, Brook Lopez, Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen
Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jovic, Victor Oladipo, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro
Milwaukee Bucks: Wesley Matthews, Giannis Antetokounmpo
The game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks will take place at Crypto.com Arena on Monday, April 24 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin. | April 24 (7:30 PM ET) |
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