Giannis Antetokounmmpo has triple-double; Bucks win 7th straight

MILWAUKEE(AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double with 35 points, 15rebounds and 11 assists and the Milwaukee Bucks beat theshort-handed Miami Heat 123-115 on Saturday night for their seventhstraight victory.

Jimmy Butlerscored 32 points and Tyler Herro added 24 for the Heat, who hadjust nine available players. Notable injured Miami players includedKyle Lowry (sore left knee) and Victor Oladipo (sprained rightankle).

Antetokounmpohad his third triple-double of the season and 32nd of his career.The 11 assists matched his season high.

The two-timeMVP had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in avictory atMinnesotaon Nov. 4. He had 30 points, 21 and 10 assists inanovertime win at Torontoon Jan. 4.

Antetokounmpo’s latest triple-double came two nights after hescored 54 points in a 106-105 victory over the Los AngelesClippers. During the Bucks’ six-game winning streak, Antetokounmpois averaging 39.4 points, 14.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists.

KhrisMiddleton added 24 points, Grayson Allen 19, Jrue Holiday 15 andPat Connaughton 14. The Bucks gained a measure of revenge afterlosing consecutive games in Miami on Jan. 12 and 14. Antetokounmpodidn’t play in either of those games.

Miami’s GabeVincent had a career-high 28 points in one of the Heat’s victoriesover the Bucks and 27 in the other. Vincent had just seven pointsSaturday,

The Heattrailed throughout the first half until Herro sank a 3-pointer atthe buzzer to tie it at 62l at the break. Miami missed 12 of itsfirst 13 3-point attempts and was just 5 of 20 from beyond the arc,but the Heat stayed close by committing just one first-halfturnover.

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Heat: Thisgame represented a homecoming for Herro, who had his jersey retiredFriday night at nearby Whitnall High School inGreenfield.Herro’s Heat teammates and coach ErikSpoelstra attended the ceremony.Earlier this season, theyattended a similar ceremony when Heat veteran Udonis Haslem got hisjersey retired at Miami High. “The guys really do care about eachother and want to support each other,” Spoelstra said before thegame. “You also love seeing guys back in their old environment. Itmeans a lot to Tyler and his family. He put a lot in to be able tohave that kind of career he had in high school He was alreadythinking about these kinds of things when he was in fifth or sixthgrade. Who’s thinking about that at that time?”

Bucks: Nowthat they’ve finished a four-game homestand, the Bucks are about tobegin a demanding stretch of their schedule. They go on athree-game West Coast trip before returning home to face theEastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics on Feb. 14.

UPNEXT

Heat: HostIndiana on Wednesday night.

Bucks: AtPortland on Monday night.