Bucks, tinupok ng Heat sa Game 1 ng Eastern Conference Semis

Tinupok ng Miami Heat ang Milwaukee Bucks, 115-104 sa Game ng Eastern Conference semifinals ng NBA playoffs.

Bumida sa panalo ng Heat si Jimmy Butler na kumamada ng 40 points, 4 boards at 2 assists. Nag-ambag naman si Goran Dragic ng 27 points, 6 boards at 5 assists.

Kaya naman, lamang sa series ang tropa ni coach Erik Spoelstra, 1-0.

”I felt like I took it up a level in the fourth quarter,”  turan ni Butler

”If that needs to happen every game, I’ve got to be able to do it. But we’ve got so many guys capable of doing it for us.”

”He wants these kind of moments,”  ani Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

Sa panig naman ng Bucks, nanguna si Khris Middleton sa pagtala ng 28 points, 6 boards at 5 assists. Tumulong naman si Brook Lopez sa pagtala ng  24 points 1 board at 2 blocks.

Si reigning MVP Giannis Antetokuonmpo naman ay naglista ng 18 points, 10 boards at 9 assists.

Sinabi ni Giannis na babawi sila sa Game 2 na idaraos sa Miyerkules ( Huwebes PH time).

Aniya, nalagay na rin ang team nila s agayung senaryo. Gaya ng pagkatalo nila sa Orlando noong Game 1 ng first round ng playoffs.

”We’ve been here before,” ani Giannis.

”Going down 0-1 against Orlando, we did the same thing last year against Boston.”

We’ve got to come out and play Game 2, man. It’s a big game. Our season is on the line,” aniya.  

‘Just like they’ll be studying their film to get better, we’ll be doing the same,” sabi ni Butler kaugnay sa pahayag ng kampo ng Bucks tungkol sa binabalak ng Bucks sa Game 2.