The Miami Heat crushed the Milwaukee Bucks, first in the regular season but deprived of their star Giannis Antetokounmpo (121-99), to take the advantage 2-1, but Jimmy Butler and Victor Oladipo were injured.
“
We played with intensity
,” soberly underlined Kyle Lowry, who scored 15 points.
But the Heat left feathers in the battles, Jimmy Butler and Victor Oladipo, injured, not having finished the match.
Butler, who had scored 30 points before leaving the floor after a brutal fall at the end of the third quarter, finally returned from the locker room, but did not come into play, the match having already been folded.
Oladipo's injury seems more serious.
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In the West, the words of Dillon Brooks, who provoked LeBron James on his age, accusing him of being "
old
" and no longer having the "
same level
" as before, have apparently had the effect of motivating the Lakers winger and his teammates, who played with great intensity.
They finished the first quarter with a 26-point (35-9) lead, tying the record for the largest points lead after the first quarter in play-off history.
LeBron James finished the game with 25 points, while Brooks was ejected early in the third quarter after hitting "
King James
" in the groin.
“
We let our game speak for itself
exclaimed Davis, who scored 31 points and grabbed 17 rebounds.
The lead of the Lakers, who lead the series 2-1, was reduced at the end of the game after a late push from the Grizzlies, carried by Ja Morant (45 pts), who was returning from injury, but another leg injury at the very end of the match.
