Miami – without Giannis Antetokounmpo – beat Milwaukee in the game with many absentees

Their first meeting of the 2022-23 season wasn’t exactly what the Heat and Bucks expected. The Miami team won (108-102) in the early hours of Friday (1/13), but both they and Milwaukee will forget about this game very quickly, since the many failures do not allow any special conclusions. Something that could happen on Saturday night (14/1 at 20:00) when they meet again at the same stadium.

The Heat went up to 23-20 (13-9 home and 10-11 a) who had a good night with Gabe Vincent and Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler in a very…quiet situation. Eric Spoelstra saw Kyle Lowry, Tyler Hero, Duncan Robinson, Caleb Martin ruled out along with the suspended Dewayne Dedmon and the injured Jovic-Yurceven.

The Bucks fell to 27-15 (16-5 home and 11-10 a) who were without Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton (for a 13th straight game), Joe Ingles, Wesley Matthews, Serge Ibaka and Grayson Allen. Jrue Holiday and Jevon Carter were the most consistent, Jordan Noora scored a lot but Connaughton, Portis, Lopez stayed low and the loss was fair and square.

Just eight fouls were committed by the hosts, who finished the game with nine threes, 22 were committed by the Bucks, with rookie AJ ​​Green posting a career-high 15 (5). Points on bat (58-18), points on scrimmage (10-8), points on fouls (10-9), and points on second chances (22-16) all favored the Heat, but in a match it will be forgotten very quickly.

THE DODECALPTA: 14-23, 45-45, 78-73, 108-102

STRONG HEAT (Erik Spoelstra): Butler 17 (5/13 shooting, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 turnovers), Highsmith 3 (1 3-pointers, 8 rebounds), Antebayo 24 (11/19 2-pointers, 2/2 shooting) , 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block), Struss 12 (1/7 3-pointers, 10 rebounds, 4 assists), Vincent 28 (5/6 2-pointers, 5/11 3-pointers, 3/ 3 shots, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals), Robinson 4 (5 rebounds), Oladipo 14 (2 threes, 8 rebounds, 7 assists), Kane 6 (4 rebounds, 2 steals)

MILWAUKEE BUCKS (Mike Budenholzer): Connaughton 9 (2/8 3-points, 3 rebounds), Portis 12 (5/12 shooting, 7 rebounds, 3 steals), Lopez 6 (2/12 shooting, 3 rebounds, 2 assists), Beauchamp , Holiday 24 (3/4 3-pointers, 7/8 shots, 6 rebounds, 11 assists), Carter 18 (6/14 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals), Mamukelasvili 2, Noora 16 (4 /8 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Green 15 (5/10 3-pointers)

Miami Heat team stats: 33/61 2-pointers, 9/34 3-pointers, 15/16 shots, 65 rebounds, 21 assists, 8 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers, 8 fouls

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 13/30 2-pointers, 22/57 3-pointers, 10/15 shots, 46 rebounds, 20 assists, 10 steals, 2 blocks, 10 turnovers, 12 fouls