A big problem for the Bucks with Giannis Antetokounmpo out for the rest of the game.
Lower back contusion. During the 1st quarter, he fell with his back hitting the floor first after a lay up.
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Miami Heat also had one of their offensive player injured. Tyler Herro. I don't think he will be back too, that finger might be broken from the way he is struggling.
Now, Miami Heat has a 14-point lead and the 4th quarter will be starting. Jimmy Butler leading the way for the Miami Heat to snatch this one win at the Bucks' home.
Playoffs. This is where we will see injuries as the game gets more intense.

Surprising to see both the away teams coming up with the wins tonight. Lakers beat Grizzlies on the road (what happened to Ja?, he seemed like a superstar that could score at will but has been sub par for a while now). Miami getting a W at the Bucks home. Giannis left the game early with potential injury but has now been cleared after x-ray. He should be playing game 2. Clippers are currently leading by 1 at Sun's home. Kawahi playing well. Could it be 3rd road team win of the day?

Westbrook had an awful night TBH. 9 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists with 3/19 shooting? I mean if the Clippers on that one, he might be the one who will receives criticisms again because of how awful his stats are. On the other hand, his 2 clutch free throws to extend their lead to 3, and his defensive block plus him bouncing the ball to Booker's foot to send the ball back to them is his highlights.

The battle between Leonard and Durant has been pretty solid. They've been defending each other most of the time when they're both in the court. Kawhi ended the game with 38 points while Durant got almost a triple-double 27 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists. It's the best game I've watched so far on the 3 games that has finished because until the final minute of the game, you don't know who will win.

The Heat are the lowest in terms of points per game in the regular season with 109.5, and you allowed them to scored 130 points?

This just shows how impacting Giannis' absence is to his team. Yes they got Lopez and Portis to defend the paint, but still it will be a different outcome if Giannis just played the whole game. Unfortunately, injuries do happen, and on this game, one key player on each team got injured. Herro got an injury in his hand I think, and Giannis on his lower back. Anyway, Playoff Butler is back again, and he opened the series with 35 points, and 11 assists. Middleton, and Holiday on the other hand tried to carry their team having 33 points for Middleton, and 16 points and 16 assists for Holiday. Let's give credits to Portis as well as he scored 21 points off the bench.

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We are just at the start of the playoffs, and we already key players on different teams that's already injured.
Herro on his hand, Giannis on his back, Morant on his hand as well, and PG13 on his knee. I hope that all of them will recover soon, and no more key players will get injured (though it's inevitable).

Yes, even if the Los Angeles Lakers had a much easier way in the fourth quarter because of Ja Morant's hand injury, we can't discredit Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura's presence in the court because they were a vital key and the main reasons why the Lakers owned the 1st game vs the Memphis Grizzlies. Well, AD and LeBron was good as expected but the key players was the highlight in this game.

That makes 3 upsets, Lakers defeated Grizzlies, Heat defeating the Bucks, and there are the Clippers who defeated the Suns as well.

It is a night of upset apparently. Most of the underdogs won their game tonight except for the Timberwolves. Two because of injured star players (Morant and Giannis) and one because of pure hassle. Hopefully, Giannis and Ja will be back to their respective series on game 2.


If you did not watch the game and just based everything on stats, then you will say that WB is playing badly. Those intangibles that WB is doing cannot be recorded on stat sheets, unfortunately.

I just heard today during the Nuggets versus Timberwolves game that "Nikola Jokic may not receive the MVP but he will still be an MVP caliber."
What does that mean? Does the commentator ever thought about how it could affect the voting system just because of what he said?
Why don't they say that to Embiid too? He is the one on the second spot and his team is on the 3rd seed during the season while the Denver Nuggets are the cherry of the Western Conference.
It looks like they don't want the Joker to be aligned with the likes of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson even though it's obvious he plays like them. It's not every day a basketball genius will be born, it's just right to give him the proper awards.

Well, the Miami Heat indeed pushed their luck as they defeat the Milwaukee Bucks on their first game but I'd say that they just got lucky because Giannis wasn't able to help the team all through out the game because he was sidelined so early in the first quarter because of that scary lay-up which made him fell badly and hurt his back in the process. Which made me think that maybe the outcome will be much different if that didn't happen.

Awful night or game usually comes from awful shooting so I can see Logitech's point there. There are no intangibles that could cover that 3 of 19 attempts when you are someone that's expected to deliver but I still give it to WB. His offensive rebound and crucial block couldn't have come at a better time. He gets a pass for all those hustles at the final minute which helped them win the game but things could have been harder on him had they lost.

I honestly didn't expect the Clippers to recover and snatch game 1. I thought the Suns were in a momentum heading into the fourth quarter and would pull away.

It's Kawhi that really show in this game, afterall, it's been a long playoff games for him so he might as well show his best version in this game. And there were moments that him and Durant are playing the superstar role.

WB really did a good job defensively on that last seconds against Booker, giving them the  ball. We can't take that away from WB, if not for the that crucial block and ball possession, the Suns could make it a close game. But they did have enough room a lead to close the Suns in game 1 of their series.

I fully expected Warriors to beat Kings, I know Kings did better in regular season but Warriors have playoff experience that probably no other team has, they have 4 rings together and that's more than most entire franchises, so they should have experience bigger than most, certainly more than Kings who hasn't been to playoffs for over a decade.

In any case, I feel like this is going to be a tough series, Kings got a good start and they have a bigger advantage right now but I feel like it is going to change, road games are not Warriors forte this season but if they can get even one (which they almost did with this game) then they could probably get it. It's fatigue that will tire them out the most because they will play a long series.