2 weeks Ago By Associated Press
MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists, Kevin Porter Jr. had 24 points off the bench, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 121-115 in overtime Saturday night (Sunday, April 6, 2025, PH time). Porter had 12 rebounds, eight assists, and a layup with 11 seconds left in overtime for a 119-115 lead.
Bam Adebayo had 31 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists for Miami, which got a season-high 24 from Alec Burks and 20 from Davion Mitchell. The Bucks (43-34) clinched a playoff berth earlier Saturday when New York beat Atlanta, then moved past Detroit — which lost to Memphis — into the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference.
Miami (35-43) fell a half-game behind Chicago in the race for No. 9 in the East. The Heat are 1 1/2 games behind No.
8 Atlanta and three games behind No. 7 Orlando. Antetokounmpo gifted Bucks coach Doc Rivers the game ball from his 35-point, 17-rebound, 20-assist game against Philadelphia on Thursday — a reward for Rivers passing Phil Jackson for No.
7 on the all-time wins list. “He doesn’t know he’s getting the ball back,” Rivers said. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra raved about managing general partner Micky Arison’s selection into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
“He’s been a blessing to South Florida sports,” Spoelstra said. “We’ve been able to put basketball on the map in South Florida in previously what was a football city.” Porter Jr.
’s layup was immediately followed by a Heat turnover, and that was it. The Heat never trailed by more than eight on Thursday against Memphis and their biggest deficit Saturday was seven points. They went 0-2 in those games.
Timberwolves 114, 76ers 109 PHILADELPHIA — Anthony Edwards scored 37 points, Rudy Gobert added 23 points and 19 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves extended their winning streak to five games with a 114-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Julius Randle chipped in 15 points and Donte DiVincenzo 13 for the Timberwolves, who won for the sixth time in seven games. Quentin Grimes led Philadelphia with 28 points on 10-for-18 shooting, including 6 for 10 from long distance.
Guerschon Yabusele scored 19 points, Lonnie Walker IV had 18, and Jared Butler 16 as the Sixers lost their 11th straight game and for the 14th time in 15 games. Philadelphia last won on March 16 at Dallas. After Philadelphia rallied to within 111-109 with just under 15 seconds remaining, Edward fought off a double-team, rising up to hit a 3-pointer at the shot-clock buzzer, making it 114-109.
Yabusele missed a 3-pointer with 5 seconds left and Edwards grabbed the rebound, sealing the win. Minnesota got a scare. But it had 15 turnovers, went 21 of 29 at the free-throw line, and struggled to put this one away.
The win keeps them in a logjam for the top six playoff spots in the West. Philadelphia, with eight injured players and three All-Stars sitting out, challenged last season’s Western Conference runner-up down to the wire. Edwards’ shot that gave Minnesota a 114-109 lead was his sixth 3, making him the third player in league history to post 300 three-pointers in just 75 games.
The others are Stephen Curry, who did it twice, and James Harden. Philadelphia’s 11 straight losses matched the 15th-longest skid in franchise history. It’s also the Sixers’ longest since a 12-game skid in March and April 2016.
Elsewhere, the Memphis Grizzlies won 109-103 at Detroit, Los Angeles Clippers blew out Dallas Mavericks 135-104, and the New York Knicks clobbered the Atlanta Hawks 121-105. / AP.
