It was a disappointing finish to a spectacular night from Herro, who scored 30 points and shooting 6 of 10 from beyond the arc. The Heat had no timeouts left, and Tyler Herro missed a desperation 3-point attempt at the buzzer. He did a great job putting his head down to the basket and making a big layup for us to get the win.” “At that point, we said there was going to be no timeout, so whoever got it, which we knew was going to be Jrue with the tip, the way we were lined up, just give him space and let him create. “He’s so good at getting in the paint and creating and finishing,” said Middleton, who scored 26 points. The Bucks didn’t call a timeout and instead got the ball to Holiday, who worked his way to the other end of the court and made the winning basket. I just can’t imagine from my vantage point how that wasn’t a foul.”Īntetokounmpo won the tip and got it to Bobby Portis. We certainly had some other opportunities to be able to close out the game, particularly when we were up four. I’m shocked that wasn’t a foul on Jimmy as we were trying to inbound. “I’m not going to go on a big rant about the officiating and all that,” Spoelstra said. The Heat believed Antetokounmpo made enough contact on the play to warrant a foul call. “I was able to get my hands on the ball, and at the end of the day, when you want to win, things just happen,” Antetokounmpo said. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Antetokounmpo forced a jump ball against Jimmy Butler. Milwaukee’s winning flurry started when Bobby Portis got a steal that led to a 3-pointer from Khris Middleton that got the Bucks within one. “We did enough for 47 minutes and change to put ourselves in position to win this game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Miami, which shot 21 of 44 from 3-point range, led 119-116 and had the ball with less than 20 seconds left before everything fell apart. The Bucks outscored Miami 21-6 down the stretch to snap the Heat’s four-game winning streak.
“We accept it and we love it, but these games are not stopping.” “We can’t really dwell on this win,” said Holiday, who had 25 points and 11 assists. This marked the last of six straight home games for the Bucks, who now visit the Central Division-leading Chicago Bulls and host the Western Conference-leading Phoenix Suns in their next two outings. It was a win the Bucks needed as they enter the toughest stretch of their schedule. We were down 13 in the Christmas game (with five minutes left) and came back and won the game.” “We’ve done it before,” said Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 28 points, 17 rebounds and five assists.