MILWAUKEE -- Less than two weeks ago, the Miami Heat were trailing with under five minutes to go in the final Eastern Conference play-in game against the Chicago Bulls. At that point, it was easy to see a world in which the Heat wouldn't even make the playoffs -- and more challenging to see them pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NBA history after doing so.
And yet, that's exactly what the Heat did Wednesday night, riding 42 points from Jimmy Butler to beat the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks -- who entered the postseason as the clear favorites to lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy for a second time in three years -- 128-126 in overtime at Fiserv Forum in Game 5 of this first-round series, claiming the series four games to one and sending Giannis Antetokounmpo and his teammates crashing out of the postseason in the process.