{"id":619399,"date":"2026-02-23T07:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619399\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:18:24","slug":"heat-play-the-bucks-aim-for-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619399\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat play the Bucks, aim for 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Heat<\/a> (31-27, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> (24-31, 11th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Milwaukee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Miami is looking to build upon its three-game win streak with a victory over Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are 17-19 in Eastern Conference games. Milwaukee has a 13-18 record in games decided by at least 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Heat are 16-16 in Eastern Conference play. Miami scores 120.0 points and has outscored opponents by 3.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

The Bucks make 48.2% of their shots from the field this season, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than the Heat have allowed to their opponents (45.7%). The Heat average 120.0 points per game, 4.6 more than the 115.4 the Bucks allow.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the second time this season. The Heat won the last matchup 106-103 on Nov. 27. Tyler Herro<\/a> scored 29 points to help lead the Heat to the win.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Rollins<\/a> is averaging 17.1 points, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals for the Bucks. Kevin Porter<\/a> Jr. is averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Jaime Jaquez<\/a> Jr. is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 5.4 rebounds for the Heat. Andrew Wiggins<\/a> is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Bucks: 6-4, averaging 111.3 points, 44.1 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 6.0 steals and 4.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Heat: 6-4, averaging 120.9 points, 51.9 rebounds, 29.7 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.8 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo: out (calf), Taurean Prince<\/a>: out (neck).<\/p>\n

Heat: Nikola Jovic: day to day (back), Davion Mitchell: day to day (head).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Heat (31-27, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (24-31, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3778],"tags":[500,7,78812,144,4959,365,295,189,3881,121,1407,6,2763,281,492],"class_list":{"0":"post-619399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-heat","8":"tag-andrew-wiggins","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-event_preview","11":"tag-heat","12":"tag-jaime-jaquez-jr","13":"tag-kevin-porter-jr","14":"tag-miami","15":"tag-miami-heat","16":"tag-miamiheat","17":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","18":"tag-national-basketball-association","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-ryan-rollins","21":"tag-taurean-prince","22":"tag-tyler-herro"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116118729732757866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}