Bucks at Heat: How to watch NBA In-Season Tournament, time, FREE live stream

There are several storylines highlighting Tuesday’s NBA game at Kaseya Center in Miami between the Milwaukee Bucks and Heat.

The starting time is 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time for a game that will air on TNT and live stream on Sling TV (discount) and DirecTV Stream (discount).

This is an in-season tournament game between two teams in East Group B, which the Bucks lead at 3-0. The Heat are a game back, tied with the Knicks.

It’s also an opportunity for Heat fans to get their first look this season at Damian Lillard, a longtime all-star for the Portland Trail Blazers, pushed this summer to get traded to Miami. Whatever happened, whether he didn’t push hard enough or the teams just couldn’t find the ingredients, he instead went to Milwaukee right before the start of training camp.

He scored 31 and sealed the victory by making four free throws in the final 10 1/2 seconds of a 108-102 win over his former team on Sunday. The Bucks trailed by 26 points before turning things around and completing their biggest win in more than a decade. Giannis Antetokounmpo made a tiebreaking tip-in with 18.5 seconds left and had 33 points, 16 rebounds and six assists.

“He’s one of the greatest players to play this game, and he showed it tonight,” Bucks coach Adrian Griffin told The Associated Press about Antetokounmpo. “We were kind of dead in the water, searching, trying to find some momentum. It was a gritty win.”

Milwaukee (12-5, third in the Eastern Conference) has won seven of eight since losing to the Orlando Magic on Nov. 11. they rank fourth in the NBA in points scored (120 a game) and field goal percentage (49%) but just 21st in free throw percentage (76.4%) and 13th in turnovers (13.2). Defensively, they don’t look to be the same, at least yet, since losing Jrue Holiday to the Celtics during the offseason.

Antetokounmpo averages almost 30 points a game to lead in scoring; Lillard is next at 25.6.

amian Lillard #0 and Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks look on during the second half against the Miami Heat at Fiserv Forum on October 30, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/)

Miami (10-7, sixth in the Eastern Conference) enters with a three-game winning streak but that’s a bit deceptive, since they’ve played largely on the road over the past couple of weeks. They are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

Milwaukee won the only other meeting between the two this season, 122-114, on Oct. 31. Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 33 while Tyler Herro scored 35 points for the Heat.

Bam Adebayo is averaging 22.7 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Heat while Jimmy Butler is averaging 17.6 points over the last 10 games.

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