The Miami Heat held off the Milwaukee Bucks 112-105 on Thursday night at Kaseya Center. It was the Heat's first contest since Bam Adebayo scored 83 points on Tuesday against the Washington Wizards. The Heat won the season series over the Bucks for the first time since the 2019-20 season. They extended their winning streak up to season-high seven games.
Miami(38-29) ripped out with a 23-10 spurt and were ahead 31-21 at the end of the first quarter. The Heat stayed in front 59-51 at halftime.
Milwaukee(27-38) attempted to close the margin and were down 85-77 at the conclusion of the third quarter. The Bucks cut the deficit during the final quarter and came within two points 103-101 with 2:26 left.
Pelle Larsson dropped in a career-high 28 points for Heat while Adebayo contributed 21 points and eight rebounds. Kasparas Jakucionis compiled 18 points and Davion Mitchell scored 13 points.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, who scored the first 10 points in the contest for the Bucks, finished with xx points and xx rebounds. Two players came off the bench for Milwaukee as Bobby Portis drained in xx points and Ryan Rollins had xx points along with xx assists for a double-double.