NBA Daily: Defensive Cohesion Keeps Heat Spotless Vs Top Team Bucks 105-89
By Reylan Loberternos
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 04 Mar 2020
Boracay Island, Philippines – Coached by a defensive-savvy tactician in Filipino-American Erik Spoelstra and loaded with players who buy into the system, the Miami Heat edged the Milwaukee Bucks 105-89 on Monday night (Tuesday morning, Philippine time) at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.
The Heat became the first team to beat the Bucks twice, thus far, this season and remained spotless against the league’s top team.
Jimmy Butler, Jae Crowder, and Bam Adebayo connived to strangle the reigning league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was held to just 13 points after registering 41 markers the night before. Butler and Crowder finished with 18 points apiece for Miami.
Adebayo stuffed the stats sheet with 14 points, 13 boards, 5 dimes, 1 steal, and 3 blocks for the Heat, who improved to 39 wins and 22 losses to stay at 4th place in the Eastern Conference team standings.
Even with the loss, though, the Bucks remained at the top of the overall team standings with a 52-9 win-loss record.
The Heat will next host the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night (Thursday morning, Philippine time).
Meanwhile, the Bucks will travel home to face the Indiana Pacers on the same night.
How they scored:
Heat 105 – Butler 18, Crowder 18, Dragic 15, Adebayo 14, Nunn 13, Olynyk 11, Robinson 9, Jones 4, Iguodala 3
Bucks 89 – B. Lopez 21, Antetokounmpo 13, Middleton 12, Hill 12, DiVincenzo 11, Connaughton 8, Bledsoe 7, Matthews 2, Brown 2, Ilyasova 1
AROUND THE LEAGUE:
(Road Team – Home Team)
UTAH 126 – 113 CLE
HOU 123 – 125 NYK
POR 130 – 107 ORL
MEM 127 – 88 ATL
DAL 107 – 109 CHI
IND 116 – 111 SAS
GAMES TODAY, March 4, 2020 CT
SAS @ CHA 8:00 AM CT
BKN @ BOS 8:30 AM CT
MIN @ NOP 9:00 AM CT
LAC @ OKC 9:00 AM CT
GSW @ DEN 10:00 AM CT
TOR @ PHX 10:00 AM CT
PHI @ LAL 11:00 AM CT
WSH @ SAC 11:00 AM CT
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