After winning two straight games against the Charlotte Hornets and Denver Nuggets, the Milwaukee Bucks were expected to extend their winning streak to three. The problem is that they were devastated by the Miami Heat, a franchise once tied to Damian Lillard, the team’s starting point guard.
The Heat performed admirably in that game despite the absence of their finest player, Jimmy Butler. Sophomore Nikola Jovic led the way with 24 points and seven rebounds, and Duncan Robinson added 23 points on 75 percent shooting from outside the arc.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists in 33 minutes of play. Meanwhile, Lillard tallied 16 points and five assists.
By the end of the game, the Bucks had lost 123-97. This is Milwaukee’s sixth loss in nine games under Doc Rivers as coach.
Damian Lillard Gets Real On How the Miami Heat Decimated the Milwaukee Bucks
Following the game, Lillard went on the air to express his feelings on the loss to Miami. The Journal Sentinel reported and Jim Owczarski tweeted on X:
“It was a lot of off-ball movement,” Lillard said of the Heat’s offensive success. “They had a lot of actions where they had a smaller guy in the dunker and they were rolling them down the middle because they were positioning our smaller guy to be the guy to lift up against him, and you know, we just kept coming in because we knew we were outmatched in terms of size, and they were just spraying the ball around.
“I believe it was just the movement. Duncan Robinson and Herro were basically racing around a lot of the ball. We saw a couple go in, and our attack did little to help our defense. We had a lot of scrambling situations when we were behind the play and they shot the ball well.”Sometimes that happens, but I believe there were some things we might have done better to impede their offense. “But they got going.”
The Milwaukee Bucks will play the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Philadelphia 76ers in the next days. Following their loss to a Miami Heat team without Jimmy Butler, Milwaukee is anticipated to be more motivated to win their remaining games.
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