Milwaukee Bucks (3-1) @ Miami Heat (4-2) TV: Fox Sports Net North Radio: Milwaukee: 620 AM WTMJ WHEN: 5:00 PM WHERE: AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL Previous Game Heat 84 @ Spurs 93 Hornets 91 @ Bucks 94 Streaks Heat: Lost 2 Bucks: Won 3 Probable Starters C: Dan Gadzuric/Shaquille O'Neal PF: Joe Smith/Udonis Haslem SF: Keith Van Horn/Rasual Butler SG: Michael Redd/Eddie Jones PG: Mo Williams/Dwyane Wade 6th Man: Desmond Mason/Damon Jones Head Coaches: Terry Porter/Stan Van Gundy Injuries Bucks- TJ Ford- OUT Mike James- OUT Zendon Hamilton- OUT Marcus Fizer-OUT Zaza Pachulia- OUT Heat- Dwyane Wade- Probable Jerome Beasley-OUT Matt Freije- OUT Dorrell Wright- OUT Matchup to Watch Michael Redd vs Dwyane Wade Redd: 26.3 PPG 5.5 RPG 2.0 APG 0.8 SPG Wade: 25.6 PPG 6.2 RPG 7.4 APG 2.0 SPG Prediction The Bucks are coming off a game Saturday at home vs the Hornets. They won't arrive in Miami til 3 in the morning. The Bucks will be without Zaza Pachulia again, which is bad, considering they need all the big bodies they can have against Shaq. With Gads and Santiago guarding him, Shaq will have a huge day. Heat by 6
Is Wade playing? I'm going to take the Heat in this one regardless, simply because I see no one who can stop Shaq inside. He looked very good against the Spurs, and will dominate Milwaukee''s frontline. Michael Redd and D-Mase are having excellent years, but even they are powerless to stop O'Neal, while with or without Wade, Miami's swingmen are still capable of doing what needs to be done around the Big Aristotle. Heat by 15 if Wade plays, 9 if he doesn't.
The Heat should have no problem winning this one. The Bucks will be fatigued and there is no one on the Bucks that can stop Shaq. Gadzuric might be a good shotblocker, but he does not have the physique to push Shaq out of the lane. If Wade plays, the Heat could win this by 20 or more points. If he doesn't, Miami still wins by 10 or more.
Miami by 7. But if Bucks have a good bench day like Mason dropping 31, plus the Heat have lost two in a row and the Bucks have won three in a row so the Bucks have the mommentum on their side, then the Bucks might win by a little might.
Tough, Tough 2OT loss for the Bucks, they fought so hard and had the game won in 1 OT, up 4, Haslem hits a shot with 5 seconds left to cut it to 2. Bucks turn it over, a bad pass to Van Horn in the corner, I thought he was fouled. Keyon Dooling drives all the way down the lane to make a great running layup to tie it and go to 2 OT. Bucks go down 7 to start the 2nd OT, but only to come back to have a shot to win or tie wit 4 seconds left, KVH misses the shot to win, and a tough loss. Milwaukee 23 25 23 22 12 5 110 Final Miami 21 30 21 21 12 7 112 2OT Bucks Leading Scorer- Keith Van Horn 26 pts Heat Leading Scorers- Shaquille O'Neal and Eddie Jones 19 pts Bucks Leading Rebounder- Keith Van Horn 15 Rebounds Heat Leading Rebounder- Shaquille O'Neal 18 Rebounds Bucks Leading Assists- Mo Williams 10 assists Heat Leading Assists- Damon Jones 8 assists Bucks 3-2 Heat 5-2 Next Games: Bucks: vs Miami Wednesday Heat: @ Minnesota Tuesday GMan's MVP: Shaq Bucks MVP: KVH OTHER STATS: Redd added 21 pts 8 boards and 7 assists, Mo Williams is amazing again putting up 18 pts, 4 boards and 10 assists. Dez added 17, Joe Smith another double double with 16 and 11. Once again a very tough loss, giving the game away.
Tough loss for the Bucks, but to be a successful team in this league you have to be able to close out games when you have the chance. Especially games like this. The Heat are a good team though, and the Bucks have a lot they can take from this game.
They kept it close with the Heat but I think a loss is unaceptable. Wade was out and they should have taken full advantage of that.
well, the bucks should have buried the heat beyond cure when they were up 15+ points. very inspiring comeback by the heat. and the way kenyon dooling got the layup in OT was bad, the bucks should have covered him more on than play. mo williams was good but he has to perform under pressure, as evident from the increased turnovers during OT
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting flamehead:</div><div class="quote_post">well, the bucks should have buried the heat beyond cure when they were up 15+ points. very inspiring comeback by the heat. and the way kenyon dooling got the layup in OT was bad, the bucks should have covered him more on than play. mo williams was good but he has to perform under pressure, as evident from the increased turnovers during OT</div> I have no idea what you're talking about. No team had a lead higher than 5 points until the 4th quarter, and the Heat were up, not the Bucks.
Saves is right, the Heat had the biggest lead of regulation, 5 and the OTs, 7. Mo Williams has hit clutch shot after clutch shot and only turned the ball over once in the OT.
