The escort Tyler herro confirmed his great moment of form and with 27 points led the attack of the Miami Heat who beat the Milwaukee Bucks 137-95, in what was his debut in the new NBA season, which celebrates its 75th anniversary. Herro, in 24 minutes of action, scored 10 of 18 shots from the field, including 4 of 8 triples, and 3 of 4 from the personnel line, in addition to capturing six rebounds and distributing five assists. Herro’s 27 points from the bench equaled a Heat record for any reserve playing 25 minutes or less. Slovenian point guard Goran Dragic had 27 points in 20 minutes against the Golden State Warriors on February 27, 2019; guard Dwyane Wade scored 27 points in 25 minutes against the Philadelphia Sixers on February 27, 2018.
Along with Herro, who came off the bench, three other players had double-digit numbers, including two starters, forward Jimmy Butler, who reached 21 points and center Bam Adebayo who finished with a double-double and the leader of the game. inside by contributing 20 points, 13 rebounds – nine defenders -, giving an assist and recovering a ball. Power forward PJ Tucker began his Miami debut against the team he helped win an NBA title a few months ago and added eight points and six rebounds, as well as putting up great defense. Tucker committed the first foul of Miami’s game, a reintroduction to Antetokounmpo in the 38th minute into the game. Then in the second quarter, Tucker chased a loose ball and flew off, crashing into the Milwaukee bench and ending up waving at the occupants of some of the most expensive seats in the sold-out arena.
The Heat (1-0) as a team had 53% shooting from the field, 43% from 3s and dominated under the hoops with 58 rebounds to 38 for the Bucks. The Miami team used 13 players and each of them scored at least three points, in addition to setting team marks in scoring and margin of victory on opening night. It was almost the largest margin of victory in any match, just shy of a 43-point win over the Los Angeles Clippers in 1994. The team’s previous record for points in an opening game was 128 points against the Detroit Pistons in 1999, and the largest margin of victory was 26 points over Orlando Magic in 2000.
Greek power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 15 points and guard Grayson Allen added 14 as leading scorers for the Bucks, current NBA champions. Forward Khris Middleton, Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo 2020, achieved 10 points by scoring just 4 of 14 field goals with the Bucks, who did not have, among others, the starting point guard Jrue Holiday (right heel), the Cuban center. American Brook Lopez (back) and power forward Bobby Portis (left hamstring).
The result was never in doubt. A 19-0 streak in the opening minutes he gave the Miami team a partial 22-3 lead from the start. Herro overcame the first quarter horn with a 30-foot shot that gave Miami a 40-17 lead, one that went up to 72-43 at halftime. During a nine-minute stretch of the first quarter, Milwaukee missed 13 consecutive shots and he also had four turnovers in that span. The Bucks were within 53-38 with 3:35 left at the half, and Miami then scored the next 14 points of the game. Milwaukee pulled out its starters with 5:01 minutes left in the third quarter, with the exception of Antetokounmpo, who came out 13 seconds later and Miami led by 33 points with what the game was already sentenced. Miami improved to 19-15 in the opening games of the season, while point guard Kyle Lowry, the Heat’s great summer signing, sprained an ankle in the second quarter and was back within minutes of his debut with his new team and contributed five points and six assists after scoring 1 of 8 shots from the field.