Jrue Holiday made a driving layup with 1.9 seconds left, and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 120-119.
The Heat led 113-99 with 7:12 left before the Bucks went on a 21-6 run.
The Heat had the ball down 1, but Tyler Herro missed a 36-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Heat 9-4. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 4 of the Bucks’ 9 on 0 for 1 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Bobby Portis had 2 steals, 1 of them during an 8-0 Bucks run, and the Bucks scored 4 points off them. With 2.0 seconds left, Antetokounmpo stole the ball from Jimmy Butler III, and Holiday’s driving layup off it put the Bucks ahead 120-119.
Antetokounmpo had 28 points and 17 rebounds. Khris Middleton added 26 points (11 in the second quarter), and Holiday had 25 points and 11 assists. Antetokounmpo scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter. The Bucks had 3 20-point scorers. Holiday assisted on 5 of Antetokounmpo’s 9 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Heat, Herro scored 30 points (15 in the second quarter) with 6 3-pointers off the bench, and Gabe Vincent added 21 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.
The Heat made 21 3-pointers, 6 of them by Herro and 5 by Duncan Robinson. They forced 12 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Bucks 52-17 off the bench. The Heat outscored the Bucks 34-18 in 11 minutes with Adebayo, Martin, Vincent, Strus and Herro on the floor together.