Milwaukee without the injured Antocompo surrendered 103: 94 hit (4: 1 in the series) and finished the season earlier than expected • LeBron James swept his teammates to 102: 112 over Houston (1: 2) and broke the playoffs record
Yannis Out.
Miami Inn
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King James vs. Rivers.
He had 36 points tonight
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Butler and Hiro.
Miami has found a new hero
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The Miami Heat qualifier became the first team in a bubble in Orlando to qualify for the regional playoff finals after beating Milwaukee 1: 4 in the series, which finished in first place in the East.
Later the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James took the lead in the series against Houston (1: 2).
Miami - Milwaukee 94: 103 (1: 4 in the series).
For the first time since 2014 the Miami Heat are returning to the Eastern Conference Finals after a tremendous series, in which they simply embarrassed the team with the best balance in the regular season, which once again finished its season earlier than expected.
Early in the morning the Bucks played without last season's MVP (and possibly also this season's), Yannis Antokompo, and actually started the game not bad, a reminder of winning game number 4. But very quickly Tyler Hiro (14 points) and Jimmy Butler (17) got into things and led the Heat to a 9:30 run, and since then Eric Spolstra's trainees have taken care to maintain the advantage until the end.
Now, Miami will wait in the Eastern Conference Finals to win the series between Boston and Toronto (2: 3).
Milwaukee has once again learned in her flesh that the best balance in the regular season does not guarantee success in the playoffs, and moreover - that the best player in the regular season (for two years in a row) is not necessarily the best playoff player in the league.
It will be interesting to see how the Bucks continue from here, and whether Mike Bodenholzer manages to keep his job despite the failure.
Yannis encourages his friends. Will stay in Milwaukee? // Photo: IP
LA Lakers - Houston 102: 112 (1: 2)
After opening the series with a loss, LA Lakers recorded a second straight win this morning and took the lead against the Rockets.
LeBron James swept his team to victory with 36 points (7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks) and thus also became the player with the most wins in the NBA playoffs (162) and passed Derrick Fisher (formerly of the Lakers).
Anthony Davis was also there and provided numbers - 26 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists - but the one who caught the spotlight tonight was veteran coordinator Rajon Rondo who contributed from the bench 21 points and 9 assists in just 30 minutes on the floor .
The 66 points shared by James Harden and Russell Westbrook were not enough for Houston, which after great enthusiasm for the regular opening game is having a hard time finding solutions.
Early in the morning the Rockets received just 16 points from the bench.
The king of victories in the NBA playoffs // Photo: AFP