Miami Heat (40-33) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (47-26)
May 24, 2021 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: Milwaukee Bucks -4.5; Over/Under: -223.5
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The Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks meet Monday in game two of the NBA East Playoffs at the Fiserv Forum.
The Miami Heat look for a bounce back showing to even up the series at 1-1. The Miami Heat are averaging 107 points on 36.4 percent shooting and allowing 109 points on 43.8 percent shooting. Goran Dragic is averaging 25 points and one assist while Duncan Robinson is averaging 24 points and two rebounds. Jimmy Butler is the third double-digit scorer and Kendrick Nunn is grabbing four rebounds. The Miami Heat are shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc and 78.9 percent from the free throw line. The Miami Heat are allowing 16.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 51 rebounds per game.
The Milwaukee Bucks look to get off to a fast 2-0 start, taking control of this series. The Milwaukee Bucks are averaging 109 points on 43.8 percent shooting and allowing 107 points on 36.4 percent shooting. Khris Middleton is averaging 27 points and six assists while Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 26 points and 18 rebounds. Jrue Holiday is the third double-digit scorer and Brook Lopez is grabbing eight rebounds. The Milwaukee Bucks are shooting 16.1 percent from beyond the arc and 60.6 percent from the free throw line. The Milwaukee Bucks are allowing 40 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 64 rebounds per game.
The Heat are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 road games and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games overall. The Bucks are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games and 1-7 ATS in their last 8 games overall. The over is 11-3 in Heat last 14 overall. The over is 5-2 in Bucks last 7 overall. The Heat are 4-1 ATS in the last 5 meetings in Milwaukee.
The Miami Heat had their chances to win game one and neither Jimmy Butler or Bam Adebayo had good games offensively. The Milwaukee Bucks should also be feeling good considering they won a game despite not hitting anything from deep. With that said, the Heat proved in a losing effort that these teams are pretty much even and know each other well. This should be a lengthy, back and forth series. I have a hard time leaving points on the table with the Heat.
