Heat Take Bucks

     The Miami Heat overcame and stopped the Milwaukee Bucks with a 115-100 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Friday night at the Field House in Lake Buena Vista. The Heat lead the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can wrap it up on Sunday. No team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 deficit in 139 tries. 

     Milwaukee held a 30-29 advantage after one quarter and were up 57-50 at halftime. The Bucks went on a 15-4 spurt in the last four minutes of the third quarter and Miami trailed 87-75. The Heat pulled off a 16-2 run early in the fourth quarter to go up 96-93 with 5:48 left. They dominated and outscored Milwaukee 40-13 in the final quarter. 

     Jimmy Butler led Miami with a game-high 30 points while Bam Adebayo contributed a double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Jae Crowder dropped in 17 points and Goran Dragic added 15 points. Brook Lopez had a team-high 22 points and Khris Middleton scored 18 points for the Bucks. Giannis Antertokounmpo compiled 21 points along with 16 rebounds for a double-double.