I thought his passing and playmaking was fantastic. I’m not sure what more Giannis could’ve done. I thought he found guys and made the right play. “I thought Giannis was mostly phenomenal," Budenholzer said. He finished with 26 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in 38 minutes on 12-of-22 shooting. The Heat (and perhaps the back) slowed Antetokounmpo down a little bit in the second half, as he would score just nine more points and hand out six more assists – though it was enough for him to record his third career playoff triple-double. Antetokounmpo, who did not speak to the media after the game, also pulled down seven rebounds, helping to get the Bucks out into transition and a more free-flowing offense. To go with his 17 points, he also handed out six assists, drawing multiple defenders to him and giving his teammates open looks, resulting in an additional 17 points. But he also only shot two free throws (making one). But he still attacked the paint, going 8 for 12 in that area for 16 points. He used that quickness to adroitly maneuver around Heat defenders, doing his best to avoid the full-bore contact that so often sends him sprawling. We always know he’s going to fight and try to do what he can to go get us a win. “Big, you know," Jrue Holiday said of Antetokounmpo's return. The Bucks staff working his lower back with a massage gun in the timeouts.īut he had a spring in his step, too, after more than a week without playing following a fall in Game 1 on April 16. The Bucks superstar was in pain Monday night. That’s what we gotta go do.” Giannis’ return not enough “We just gotta go home and win a game,” Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said. A team has come back from such a deficit just 13 times in NBA history – with Denver doing it twice in 2020. 1 overall seed in the NBA playoffs after finishing with the league’s best record, but now face a Herculean task down 3-1 as the series shifts back to Milwaukee for Game 5 on Wednesday. The Bucks led by as many as 15 points with 1 minute, 28 seconds to go in the third quarter before surrendering the game. MIAMI – The Milwaukee Bucks welcomed Giannis Antetokounmpo back onto the court Monday night, but they head back to Fiserv Forum in a huge hole in dropping Game 4, 119-114, to the Miami Heat at the Kaseya Center. Watch Video: Bucks react to Jimmy Butler's 56-point performance in Game 4.
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