MIAMI (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 details, Damian Lillard extra 32 and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 131-124 on Tuesday night time and clinch a household quarterfinal sport in the NBA In-Year Tournament.
Khris Middleton scored 17, Malik Beasley experienced 16 and Brook Lopez additional 12 for the Bucks, who gained East Group B with a 4- report.
They’ll host wild-card New York on possibly Dec. 4 or 5, with East Group C winner Boston likely to Group A winner Indiana for the other quarterfinal just before the Ultimate Four in Las Vegas.
Bam Adebayo scored 31 details for the Heat, who got 21 from Kyle Lowry and 20 from Josh Richardson. Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Caleb Martin each and every scored 14 and Duncan Robinson extra 13 for the Heat.
Miami was with out Jimmy Butler (ankle) and Haywood Highsmith (back) Butler averaged 37.6 points in Miami’s 5-match ouster of Milwaukee in past season’s playoffs, with video games of 56 and 42 in the ultimate two matchups of that collection.
The Bucks shed Pat Connaughton to a sprained right ankle late in the next quarter.
Lowry created a 3-pointer with 3:25 left to set Miami up 118-115, but the Bucks finished on a 16-6 run. Lillard made 3 no cost throws with 1:03 remaining to support set the game out of achieve, adhering to a foul simply call in opposition to Richardson and a complex assessed to Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra.
The Warmth skipped 10 of their initial 11 pictures and speedily obtained down 15-2. The 1-for-11 get started was the 3rd-worst extend around the initial 5 1/2 minutes of a match this time Chicago was for 8 against Miami on Nov. 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers ended up 1 for 12 in opposition to Orlando on Oct. 31.
The Bulls went on to get that activity. So did the Clippers. And the Warmth experienced the guide at halftime Tuesday.
They had two independent 7-for-8 shooting stretches afterwards in the half, and a 40-issue second quarter served Miami go into the crack up 62-59. The lead attained five details in the 2nd half, before Milwaukee rallied.
UP Upcoming
Milwaukee: Take a look at Chicago on Thursday.
Miami: Host Indiana on Thursday, then once more on Saturday.
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