{"id":619403,"date":"2026-02-23T07:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619403\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:23:14","slug":"heat-play-the-bucks-aim-for-4th-straight-win-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619403\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat play the Bucks, aim for 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Heat (31-27, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (24-31, 11th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: Miami is looking to build upon its three-game win streak with a victory over Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The teams play for the second time this season. The Heat won the last matchup 106-103 on Nov. 27. Tyler Herro scored 29 points to help lead the Heat to the win.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Rollins is averaging 17.1 points, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals for the Bucks. Kevin Porter Jr. is averaging 14.5 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Jaime Jaquez Jr. is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 5.4 rebounds for the Heat. Andrew Wiggins is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>INJURIES: Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo: out (calf), Taurean Prince: out (neck).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Heat: Nikola Jovic: day to day (back), Davion Mitchell: day to day (head).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Data Skrive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sportradar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press<\/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;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[500,7,103,491,1409,123,4959,365,189,102,121,3871,6,4485,2763,281,361,1176,492],"class_list":{"0":"post-619403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-andrew-wiggins","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bucks","11":"tag-davion-mitchell","12":"tag-eastern-conference","13":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","14":"tag-jaime-jaquez-jr","15":"tag-kevin-porter-jr","16":"tag-miami-heat","17":"tag-milwaukee","18":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","19":"tag-milwaukeebucks","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-points-per-game","22":"tag-ryan-rollins","23":"tag-taurean-prince","24":"tag-the-bucks","25":"tag-the-heat","26":"tag-tyler-herro"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116118749672767456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619403","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=619403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}