The Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks play Game 5 of their series in the first round this Wedneseday night. Check out our preview of this Heat vs Bucks matchup in the 2022-23 NBA Playoffs. There are more basketball previews to read here at TopBet, so feel free to look around and make bets once you’re ready.
In Jimmy Butler the Heat trusts. Undermanned and banged up, the Heat found a way to embarrass the Bucks in Game 4, as Butler went off for 56 points on 19/28 shooting from the field. Playoff Jimmy is a monster no team would want to deal with, but the Heat must provide more support for Butler, who’s risking fatigue every time he puts his team entirely on his back. He is averaging 36.5 on 62.8 percent shooting from the floor in the series. In any case, the Heat have the Bucks on the ropes and they are also 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 games against Milwaukee. So far in the first round, the Heat are averaging 123 points on 54.0 percent shooting from the floor.
The Bucks are more than capable of stringing together three wins in a row to pull off a comeback in this series. They have the talent to do it. Giannis Antetokounmpo is back from a two-game absence and he even had a triple-double in Game 4 in which he notched 26 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds. Brook Lopez outplayed Bam Adebayo and recorded 36 points and 11 rebounds. There are plenty of reasons to believe in the Bucks, who are 16-5-1 against the spread in their last 22 Wednesday games. They are also averaging 117 points and 28.5 assists per game so far in the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
