Heat 98 vs Bucks 132 scores, summary, stats, highlights | NBA Playoff

The Bucks move to 2-0 after a convincing win at the Fiserv Forum. An offensive explosion in the first half allowed Milwaukee to put it on cruise control as they crush the Miami Heat 132-38.

Bucks demolish the Heat after Game 1 thriller

After a thriller on Saturday, Milwaukee  put the game out of reach before the first quarter came to a close. The Heat may have been drained from losing the overtime thriller to open the series, but the way the Bucks shot it tonight it would have been tough for Miami to beat the Bucks even on a good night.

Hot first quarter from downtown

The Bucks came out firing, hitting 10-15 three pointers and built a 25 point lead in the first quarter.  In Game 1 the Bucks shot just 5-21 from beind the arc, tonight they made up for lost time. Bryn Forbes came off the bench and lit up the scoreboard hitting four threes and dropping 14 points in the first quarter

Milwaukee's record setting night

Milwaukee led by 26 points after the first quarter, tying an NBA playoff record for biggest lead after first quarter. They also set a franchise record with 10 threes in the first quarter.

The lead for the Bucks crept up to as many as 30 in the first half as the Heat were no where to be found in tonights Game 2. The second half was more than comfortable Milwaukee who kept a 30 point advantage

Giannis lead the way after Forbes put of a show

Giannis Antetokounmpo was tonight’s top scorer with 31 points to go along with his 13 rebounds. The story of the night was Bryn Forbes. The sharpshooter dropped five threes in the first half, and finished with 22 points after getting all but three of those in the opening two quarters.

Butler MIA in first two games

Dewayne Dedmon was the leading scorer for the Heat, who came out flat after a demoralizing loss on Saturday. Dragic followed with another solid game off the bench, scoring 18. Jimmy Butler’s woes continued tonight. He was a non factor in Game 2 and the Heat have seen their star struggle in the early part of this series.

Both teams pack up and head to Miami for Game 3 on Saturday afternoon. It won’t be an elimination game for the Heat, but it will certainly be considered a must win for the fate of their playoff future.

It was too easy for the Bucks and Giannis tonight

Giannis showing some footwook

Jrue Holiday set a career playoff record with 15 assists

The Bucks win tonight was never in doubt

It's all over from Fisver Forum. The Bucks are off to Miami with a 2-0 series lead.

Under a minute to go from Milwaukee.

Nwora from inside the paint.

Toupane connects on a runner off the glass

Merrill drops a corner three

Bjelica hits one of two

Vincent with back to back threes

Achiuwa going coast to coast.

Vincent with a three ball

Nwora spots up from long range

Connaughton with the corner three ball

Achiuwa hits one of two. Bench players are starting to take the floor for the final six minutes.

Timeout Milwaukee with under 7 minutes go in the fourth.

Holiday on the clean up off the miss

Under eight to go in the fourth

Dragic into the paint gets fouled and goes to the line hitting both

Dedmon on the put back

Portis to the line out of the timeout after he is fouled on the three. Knocks all FTs down.

Herro responds with a three from the right side. Timeout from Milwaukee

Portis with a long ball

Dragic into the lane

Giannis on the steal and the score.

Giannis to the line, knocks down two of two.

Dragic hit a technical FT called agaisnt Portis

Adebayo at the line, hits one of two and that brings up to the end of the third quarter.  Bucks in command

Forbes with a contested three in the corner. 22 points for Forbes

Dragic hits a corner three, Timeout Bucks

Portis in the corner for three

Under a minute to go in the third

Dragics strings a long two on the near side.

Connaughton with a triple, the Bucks first one in the second half

Dedmon in transition. He's got 17

Giannis at the line out of the timeout, hits both.

Under three minutes to go in third quarter. Timeout from the Fiserv Forum

Adebayo with the floater off the glass.

Butler on the tip in

Holiday slithering through the lane and lays it off the glass

Dragic knocks down two free throws.

Robinson fouled on a three point attempt. Knocks two of three FTs.

Middleton hits a FT after Dragic picks up a technical foul

Giannis dunk off the feed from DiVencenco

Lopez to the line, knocks down both

Butler splits the pair from the line.

Dedmon on the follow lays it up and in

Adebayo on the backdoor cut finishes on the dunk.

Lopez splits the double team down low and gets the close deuce.

Another flagrent foul against the Heat, on the Middleton three ball. He hits both FTs and the Bucks keep the ball.

Adebayo hits a midrange jumper.

Giannis on the screen and roll finishes with a flush

With floats one up with the left hand

Lopez at the line, knocks down one of two

Ariza was charged with the flagrent 1. Giannis goes to the line and hits the flagrent FT and the Bucks keep the ball.

Giannis stretching to the basket in transition gets the bucket and one! The review the play becuase Ariza pushed off the chest to get up after both hit the deck.

Nunn on the elbown jumper

We are back in play at the Fiserv Forum

Giannis and the Bucks offense has been poetry in motion.

Bryn Forbes was locked in to open the game.

Record setting half in Milwaukee

The Bucks aren't just doing it on the offensive side, they are dominating the battle of the boards with a 33-19 advantage.

Nearly and 80 point first half for the Bucks, what a start to this game for Bryn Forbes and company.

Portis on the tip in, that will be the last bucket of the first half. The Bucks were unstoppable in that first half, hitting 15 threes in the first 24 minutes.

Dedmon hits two free throws

Middleton sinks a another three ball! They are 15 of 28 from downtown

Butler drops a midrange jumper. He's got 7

Giannis on the follow after Holidays miss

Robinson with two made FTs

Giannis hits one of two from the line

Timeout from Fiserv with 2:30 to go in the half.

Robinson off the dribble this time from the top of the key

Tucker open for three in the corner!

Robinson with a catch and shoot three

Butler to the stripe, drops both FTs

Middleton with another three ball

5 minutes to go in the second quarter.

Middleton to the line, hits both

MIddleton on the spin from the baseline and gets the slam.

Dedmon from underneath. He's been one of the few bright spots for Miami on the offensive end.

Forbes on the spot up from downtown. 5 threes for Forbes.

Frobes, this time inside the arc

Dragic at the line hits one of two.

7:30 to go in the first half. Timeout from Milwaukee

Giannis back inside, baning with the big boys

Iguodala off the bank from the left side.

Connaughton from the top of the key! He's got nine all from downtown

Nunn with a deep ball off the pull up

Giannis adding to his account, with a short jumper and then a dunk in consecutive possessions.

Dragic streaking down the lane with the quick catch and lay in

Adebayo battling in traffic down low, gets the bucket and the foul. FT is good

Adebayo to the line to start the second quarter, hits both

Forbes finished the first quarter with 14 points on 4 of 5 shooting from the three point distance.

Dragic from close range.

Holiday connects on a deep ball! Milwaukee can't miss.

Dragic makes a FT and then Nunn with a quick steal and slam

Forbes DRAINS ANOTHER THREE!!! He's got 14 first quarter points

Adebayo to the line splits the two.

Connaughton with second straight triple, the Bucks bench has been sensational

Connaugton with a three ball!

Forbes with another triple try, he's got 11 points off the bench

Dedmon on the offensive glass and the put back, he's got 7 of the Heat's 12 points.

The Bucks are 5-8 from downtown.

Forbes with another three ball!!! 8 points for Forbes off the bench and the Heat need another timeout.

Forbes from downtown, Bucks are 4-7 from 3

Forbes drives down the land and finishes with the tear drop

Dedmon hits from outside and he's got a quick five points off the bench,

Lopez with a tough look downlown

Dedmon on the floater outside the lane.

Adebayo to the line, hits one of two.

Holiday showing strength on the baseline and finishing under the basket.

Middleton to Giannis on the inside look.

Butler on the bucket on the fast break

Back in play and MIam still struggling from the field as Middleton drains a three

Giannis with in tip in and the Heat need a timeout less than four minutes into the game.

DiVencenzo on the lay up from the left side

Butler opens his account from the mid range

DIVencenzo spot three in transition.

Giannis muscling his way to the bucket

Giannis knocks down a triple for the game's first points.

We are underway from Milwaukee in Game 2

The starting line ups are being announced at the Fiserv Forum

MIami's starting 5 for tonight's Game 2

Here is the Bucks starting 5 for Game 2

The Forum will be at 50% capacity tonight. It will be loud, despite the limited crowd in Milwaukee

We are 15 minutes away from tip off here at Fiserv Forum

Giannis is averaging 23 points and 11 rebounds in the his playoff career

According to Bet365.com the Bucks are a 5 point favorite in tonight's game, the the over under set at 224

Giannis injured his elbown after colliding with Bam on a screen midway thorugh the fourth quarter. The Greek Freak was able to continue but make just one field goal the rest of the way

These two are going to have to come up big for the Heat tonight.

The Heats top scorer from last game Goran Dragic knows what to expect from the Bucks tonight  

"They're going to pack the paint. Lopez is going to be in drop. He's going to be inside. So it's tough to score inside the paint or make lobs. I think that the biggest key for us is maybe to score more in the open floor in transition."

Bam Adebayo really struggled against the Bucks interior defense last game, going just 4 for 15 from the field. He will be instrumental if the Heat are going to have a chance to win in Milwaukee tonight.

Brooks Lopez talking about Middleton's performance on Saturday

 "Obviously, first game of the playoffs, everybody's amped up. Big game. This could have been a preseason game to him. I think he would have been the same way in the moment, shooting the ball and everything."

Saturday's hero Khris Middleton took a blow to the mouth from Duncan Robinson in the OT period, but it wasn't enough to keep him from drilling the game winner with a half second left.

The Bucks warming up with a chance to make it 2-0 going to Miami with a win tonight

Giannis had a monster game on the glass, snagging 18 rebounds in Game 1

Ladies and Gentlemen the Bucks are in the building

The Bucks won the first of the four game series against the Heat by 47 points on December 30th, the the Heat bounced back the next night with a 119-108 victory. MIlwaukee won the final matchup of the regular season eight days ago before winning the OT thriller on Saturday..

The Heat shot well from downtown, connecting on 40% of their 50 three point attempts, but will need to get some more production close to the basket, look for them to try to push the pace of the game to get transition buckets.

Expect the Bucks to bang the ball inside as they did last game, when they dominated the Heat 56-24 in the paint.

There was nothing between these two teams in Game 1, will we see more of the same tonight?

We are just about an hour away from tipping off Game 2 from Fiserv Forum

 Hello everyone and welcome to Milwaukee for Game 2 of the from the Fiserv Forum as the Bucks host the Heat after a thriller in the opener. AS English will keep you up to date with all the scores, highlights, stats and coverage of tonight’s battle.

Sunday's game went down to the wire

Saturday’s game, which was the first to tip off this year’s NBA Playoffs, was an instant classic. Overtime was needed in the Milwaukee’s fourth matchup against Miami this season. Khris Middleton was the hero two days ago as he knocked down a deep two with a half second left on the clock to hand the Bucks the late winner.

Middleton shines in playoff debut

Middleton was the top scorer in his first career playoff game dropping 27 points. The Bucks struggled from downtown on Saturday, shooting just 5 for 31 from behind the arc. Milwaukee made up for their shortcomings from three point land by pounding the ball on the inside, and outscoring the Heat 56-24 in the paint.

Giannis Antetokounmpo added to Middleton’s night with 26 points and 18 rebounds. Jrue Holiday registered a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

Butler struggled from the field

Miami shot 50 three pointers in the series opener, hitting 40% from beyond the arc. Goran Dragic led the Heat with 25 points off the bench. Duncan Robinson followed up with 24 points, including seven triples.

Jimmy Butler had a night to forget for the Bulls, going just 4 of 22 from the field finishing the night with 17 points.

Miami’s top scorer this season, Butler,  will be looking to make amends for an off night while the defense will be keen on double teaming Giannis.

Antetokounmpo will be the focal point as he has been all year for the Bucks offense, but which supporting cast member will step up like Middleton did last game?