Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t connect from the foul line. The Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler couldn’t miss from anywhere. Now the NBA’s top seed is done.
Giannis Antetokounmpo stands in the center of the court after a 128-126 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 5 of a first-round series.Updated April 27, 2023 7:59 am ET
Over the six-month span of the regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks built the best record in the NBA with a formula featuring a two-time MVP pacing their attack and an airtight defense complementing it. But in the first round of the NBA playoffs, nothing was straightforward. During the fourth quarter of the must-win Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series against the Miami Heat, the Bucks failed time and again to press the advantages that had powered them to a league-leading 58 victories—or even that had let them enter Wednesday’s final period holding a 16-point lead on their home floor.
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