

"I feel like that's the biggest thing you can bring to the team after a 'W.'"Ĭaleb Martin, who started 49 of Miami's first 59 games during the regular season, and Duncan Robinson, who started the second half of Game 1 in Herro's place, are considered the leading candidates to jump up a slot in the Heat rotation.Īntetokounmpo sustained a lower-back/tailbone injury late in the first quarter and missed the rest of the game.

"The biggest thing is he had a smile on his face and he wasn't discouraged about what happened to him," Heat center Bam Adebayo said of Herro's reaction to the X-rays. Herro had 12 points in 19 minutes on Sunday before he was hurt. Lowry officially was listed as questionable but said Wednesday he was ready to roll. Miami hadn't identified how Herro's role would be filled, coach Eric Spoelstra said, but point guard Kyle Lowry should be able to contribute despite knee soreness. Herro was officially ruled out for Game 2 on Tuesday due to a broken right hand. Originally listed as doubtful by the Bucks on the eve of the game, Antetokounmpo was upgraded to questionable on Wednesday afternoon before coach Mike Budenholzer officially ruled the two-time MVP out due to a back injury about 90 minutes before tipoff.Ī painful Game 1 on Sunday saw both Heat star guard Tyler Herro and Antetokounmpo leave Miami's 130-117 victory with injuries.
BLAKE GRIFFIN STATS COMPARED TO ANTETOKOUNMPO SERIES
If the Milwaukee Bucks want to even their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series with the visiting Miami Heat on Wednesday night, they'll have to do so without superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. Miami will be without Tyler Herro - it went 7-8 (.467) without him versus 37-30 (.552) otherwise. Milwaukee, which could be without Giannis Antetokounmpo for Game 2, went 11-8 (.579) without him in the lineup this season compared to 47-16 (.746) with him.

They are the first set of teammates to do that and lose since Blake Griffin and Chris Paul for the 2014 Clippers.
