The Milwaukee Bucks dispatched the Miami Heat 109-107 in overtime on Saturday, with Khris Middleton nailing the game winning jumper with 0.5 seconds left. After the game, Riley and I convened to discuss all the important takeaways and preview how we feel about the series moving forward. Key discussion topics include:
- Giannis guarding Butler and Holiday matching minutes with Dragic
- Other defensive matchups and relying so heavily on zone drop
- Giannis’ shaky performance and the team’s overall stagnation offensively
- What’s more repeatable: the woeful 3-point performance or holding Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo to 8-37
- The 10-second free throw violation and other iffy calls by the referees
- How Portis and Forbes held up under postseason defensive pressure
- Milwaukee rebounding in the rebounding battle throughout the second half
- Domino’s drones
There was a whole host of discussion points following game one, and it should only get more intriguing from here.