Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro suffered a broken right hand
Jimmy Butler was the best of the Heat with 35 points and 11 assists
The Miami Heat gave the surprise this Sunday by beating the Bucks in Milwaukee (117-130) in a game marked by the injury of the Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo, who left the field before the break due to a blow to the back.
The Greek star suffered this injury in the first quarter in a nasty knockdown after attempting a drive off Kevin Love and left the game in the second period.
He was not the only player injured in this eventful match as Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro suffered a broken right hand when he went down for a ball in the second quarter and also left the court.
Eighth in the East and arrived from the “play-in” after defeating the Chicago Bulls, the Heat amazed with their success in the triple against the Bucks (first in the East with the best record in the league) with a fantastic 15 of 25 from the perimeter (60%).
Erik Spoelstra’s have the worst percentage in triples of all teams making the playoffs this year (34.4% in the regular season).
Jimmy Butler led the Heat with 35 points and 11 assistsBam Adebayo contributed 22 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and Kevin Love stood out from the bench with 18 points and 8 rebounds as well as a convincing 4 of 7 triples.
Six of the nine players Miami used tonight had more than 10 points.
In the Bucks, orphans of Antetokounmpo, he took a step forward Khris Middleton with 33 points and 9 reboundsJrue Holiday had 16 points and 16 assists and Bobby Portis had 21 points and 8 rebounds for the second unit.
Faced with the great success in the triple of the Heat, the Bucks crashed a poor 11-for-45 from abroad (24.4%).
Game 2 of this Eastern first-round series will also be played in Milwaukee on Wednesday.