It may be an understatement to say that the Miami Heat—missing Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Markieff Morris and Victory Oladipo—entered Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks shorthanded. However, the depleted Heat managed to muster up enough of a second-half fight to ship the Bucks out of South Beach with a 113-104 loss, moving the series to 2-1 on the season with an advantage to Miami.
What Did We Learn?
That Heat Culture is alive and well even without some of its primary proponents on the court. Kyle Lowry continues to be a “hate to play against him, love him if he’s on your team” player who molded himself into Pay Riley’s player archetype before even being traded from Toronto.