The game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat will take place at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:00 PM ET.
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The Milwaukee Bucks will welcome the Miami Heat to the Fiserv Forum for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Bucks lost 117-130 in their last game over the Heat. The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t have their best player around for the full game. The Miami Heat did. That pretty much made the difference Sunday as the top-seeded Bucks saw their path toward a championship face an early obstacle. Now the Bucks wait to learn how long Antetokounmpo might be out because of a lower back bruise.
Antetokounmpo was driving to the basket with 4:13 left in the first quarter when he got fouled by Kevin Love and landed hard on his backside. The two-time MVP got up slowly, stayed in the game to take his free throws and then headed to the locker room about 2 1/2 minutes later after picking up his second foul.
Although he returned to the game with 9:56 remaining in the second quarter, Antetokounmpo went to the locker room again with 8:33 left in the half and was ruled out for the rest of the game shortly afterward. “There was an X-ray that was clear here,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We’ll monitor him and see how he does, see how he wakes up, how he feels the rest of tonight and tomorrow.”
The Miami Heat on the other hand won 117-130 against the Bucks in their last game. Jimmy Butler had 35 points and 11 assists, and the Heat capitalized on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s injury to beat the Bucks 130-117 on Sunday in an Eastern Conference playoff opener Sunday. Butler’s dazzling performance enabled the Heat to withstand the exit of Tyler Herro, who broke his right hand while diving for a loose ball just before halftime.
“He’s just a brilliant competitor,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He does it on both ends of the court. He has an innate feel for what’s necessary during the course of a game. We needed obviously some offensive punch, some triggers, something to settle us all down, particularly when we found out Tyler was out. Jimmy was able to do it in a lot of different ways.
Nobody adapted better than Butler, who shot 15 of 27, leading the way as the Heat set a franchise scoring record for a playoff game and shot 59.5% from the floor. “I just control what I can control in the end, play basketball the right way, no matter who’s out there on the floor on my team or the opposing team,” Butler said. “Stay aggressive. Make sure my guys get their shots. Defend as I’m supposed to defend and do whatever it takes to get my team the win.”
Milwaukee Bucks: Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez, Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Max Strus, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent, Tyler Herro
Milwaukee Bucks: Wesley Matthews, Giannis Antetokounmpo
Miami Heat: Nikola Jovic, Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro
The game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat will take place at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, April 19 at 9:00 PM ET.
The match between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, NBA TV, Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, NBA TV, Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin. | April 19 (9:00 PM ET) |
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