PLAYERS:
Brandon Jennings,
Drew Gooden,
LeBron James,
Dwyane Wade,
Carlos Delfino,
Mario Chalmers
TEAMS: Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons
TEAMS: Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons
The Miami Heat are a club that plays extremely well against the elite teams in the Association while showing a tendency to play down to the level of their competition when they play the weaker clubs in the NBA. Wednesday night was a perfect example of them not taking a competitor seriously enough as they took on the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center. Miami would burst out front after the first 12 minutes of action to a 40-23 lead over their hosts. The Heat apparently thought they had the game sewn up and decided to go into coast-mode; a decision that would come back to bite them in the butt as they not only surrendered the lead but lost the contest as the Bucks rallied to beat them 105-97.
After knocking down 40 points in the first, Miami would score just half of that during the second and just 37 points the entire second half. Milwaukee would still trail by 13 points at the half, however they would outscore their visitors by 21 points in the final 24 minutes to get the victory...
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