Khris Middleton made a 19-foot pull-up jumper with 0.5 seconds left in overtime, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 109-107 in overtime for a 1-0 lead in the first-round series.
Jimmy Butler III made a floater at the buzzer to end regulation to tie it at 99 for the Heat, but the Bucks outscored them 10-8 in overtime.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Heat 19-17. Middleton scored 6 of the Bucks’ 19 on 2 for 6 shooting and 1 for 2 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Bam Adebayo had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Butler’s free throws that tied the game at 90.
Middleton had 27 points and 6 assists. Giannis Antetokounmpo added 26 points (20 in the paint), 18 rebounds and 3 steals, and Jrue Holiday had 20 points (16 in the paint), 11 rebounds and 3 steals. The Bucks had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Heat, Goran Dragic scored 25 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench, and Duncan Robinson added 24 points with 7 3-pointers.
The Heat made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Robinson and 5 by Dragic. The Bucks outscored the Heat 56-24 in the paint.