He remained undefeated in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Gianni Antetokounmpo in a loss at Milwaukee Bucks (16/27).
Wisconsin club on the road 95:111 (20:28, 25:25, 26:24, 24:34) lost to Miami Heat (24/20).
The Bucks, who had a hard time finding their way to the basket, trailed by only five points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but then missed a 0:13 spurt and could not get out of the 79-97 result.
The Milwaukee club did not find anyone to replace G. Antetokounmpo. Without the Greek, who was suffering from knee pain, no player exceeded the 15-point mark. Jrue Holiday had a modest double-double in 35 minutes, 12 points (4/7 2-pointers, 1/7 3-pointers, 1/4 free throws), 3 rebounds and a steal, 10 assists, 5 turnovers and a foul.
Meanwhile, the home team was shining Gabe Vincentscoring 27 points (6/6 double-pointers, 5/8 three-pointers), 3 rebounds and 5 steals, 2 assists and 2 turnovers and fouls in 40 minutes.
The representative of the Nigerian national team was close to his career high of 28 points in the last game against the same opponents.
A big 1st half from Gabe Vincent on ABC 🔥
21 points
3 steals
5 threesHeat lead at the break. pic.twitter.com/mvks6Atu8j
— NBA (@NBA) January 14, 2023
The Heat shot 3-pointers at 50 percent accuracy (11/22), and dominated the battle for the ball 51:32.
The Bucks share the third place in the East with the Cleveland Cavaliers (27/16), the Miami club has already climbed to seventh.
„Bucks“: Bobby Portis 15 (7 rpg), Pat Connaughton 14 (8 rpg, 4/10 3-pointers), Brook Lopez 13 (4 rpg, 2 blocks), Jrue Holiday (10 rpg ., 1/7 3-pointers, 5 turnovers) and Grayson Allen (5 rebounds) 12 each, Jevon Carter 10, AJGreen 9.
„Heat“: Gabe Vincent 27 (5 apg., 5/8 3-pointers), Bam Adebayo (13 rebounds) and Victor Oladipo (5 rebounds) each 20, Jimmy Butler 16 (7/14 2-pointers), Max Strus 10 (7 rpg, 2/7 3-pointer), Haywood Highsmith 8 (7 rpg).
