
The 36-year-old forward, who played physical defense against Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant in the Eastern Conference semifinals, is now making an impact as Miami’s starting power forward. Tucker played a huge role in the Bucks’ playoff run to the NBA title last season, and he received a thunderous standing ovation from the Fiserv Forum crowd as he received his championship ring prior to the game. Milwaukee also did a solid job on Herro and Duncan Robinson, who were a combined 8 for 27 from the field. The Bucks scored 26 second-chance points and outscored Miami in the paint, 48-26. Caleb Martin had 16 points and Herro scored 15. Max Strus scored 25 points for Miami, making five 3-pointers. He can do a lot of things and he’s still a force.”
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He can shoot the ball and get to the free throw line. We can feed him in the post and he’s a great passer. “We were thin on big men and he came in and did his thing. “He’s another big that we really needed,” Portis said. Cousins joined the team earlier in the week to help make up for the absence of Brook Lopez, out indefinitely after undergoing back surgery. The Bucks extended their lead to 105-76 after three quarters.ĭeMarcus Cousins added 11 points in his second game with the Bucks and Thanasis Antetokounmpo had 10. We got a little bit of separation in the first quarter (34-23) which I thought was important.” “I thought he was great,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. Holiday scored all of his 16 points in the first half as Milwaukee sprinted to a 17-point lead at intermission. Connaughton was 7 of 13 on 3s, tying his career high, and Middleton had 22 points, nine assists and six rebounds in 30 minutes.
