It will be a Saturday start, one that will come with gold uniforms but not overwhelming opposing respect, for the Miami Heat in the NBA playoffs.
The Heat on Tuesday were given a Saturday start date for their best-of-seven opening-round Eastern Conference playoff against the Milwaukee Bucks, with that the only schedule element initially released Tuesday by the NBA.
As the league works this week through the play-in round to determine seeds Nos. 7-8 in each conference, teams only have been given the date of their playoff openers, either Saturday or Sunday.
Based on the other series that start on Saturday, it is likely that the Heat’s playoff series at Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum will be an afternoon tipoff.