Miami Heat literally proved to me again that they are not that easy to defeat especially in the intense games because they've got more exposure and experience compared to the Chicago Bulls. I totally forgot that they were the ones who battled the Celtics in the conference finals last season, anyway, I was just hoping that it will be a different outcome because the Heat wasn't showing any good signs in the regular season as they just barely get a seat in the play-in.
Honestly, they were not the same as the Miami Heat team who were competing in the Finals with the Lakers but since they were able to keep hold of their position and earned the spot to play in the NBA playoffs, let's see what they can do right now and yes! they can really do well and give their opponent a hard time since the key players are all healthy and can play well. I wonder if their plan will work to beat the Bucks in the first game of this series and if that happens, then the Bucks is in trouble because it will be hard to bounce back though.
Well, the Miami Heat indeed pushed their luck as they defeat the Milwaukee Bucks on their first game but I'd say that they just got lucky because Giannis wasn't able to help the team all through out the game because he was sidelined so early in the first quarter because of that scary lay-up which made him fell badly and hurt his back in the process. Which made me think that maybe the outcome will be much different if that didn't happen.
It will definitely be different. Giannis is good at pulling 3 players to defend him which opens up a path for other players to help offensively.
Then, add the defense he could provide at protecting the paint which we all know is where the Miami Heat is better at with Butler and Bam Adebayo using perimeter offense.
Well, it's an accident that cannot be avoided. I swallowed the reality that I won't win my bet when I heard that he will be out for the rest of the game.
Let's just hope he can play in game 2 and that back injury is not that bad.
“There was an X-ray that was clear here,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We’ll monitor him and see how he does, see how he wakes up, how he feels the rest of tonight and tomorrow.”
Game 2 of the series is Wednesday in Milwaukee, and the Bucks will hope the two-time MVP is feeling better by then.
“We have to wait and see what the doctors say, most importantly what Giannis says,” Budenholzer said. “Certainly we’ve been blessed with him being resilient and quick to heal, but you’ve just got to take it day by day, see how he’s doing and see how he feels.”
https://www.nba.com/news/bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-injury-game-1-vs-heatI believe that Giannis is quick at healing his injuries, we saw worst when he bend his knees but he came back better. Now, that fall seems to be hard but they are optimistic it didn't injure him in a way that would end his playoff run.
