NBA highlights on March 15: Bucks get 20-point comeback victory

The 2018-19 NBA regular season wrapped up Friday with eight games. The visiting Milwaukee Bucks defeated The Miami Heat 113-98 at The American Airlines Arena after trailing by 20 points in The first half. The Los Angeles Clippers beat The Chicago Bulls 128-121 at The Staples Center thanks to a 45-21 run in The third quarter.

'Greek Freak' is as good as he says

Giannis Antetokonmpo of The Milwaukee Bucks in The game They win against The Miami Heat 113-98 at The American Airlines Arena, March 15. /VCG Photo

Giannis Antetokounmpo again led Milwaukee in multiple numbers as he dropped 33 points, 16 rebounds, nine assists, two steals and three blocks. Khris Middleton had 21 points and eight assists while Eric Bledsoe got 17 points. Ersan Ilyasova and Pat Connaughton contributed respectively 15 and 13 points off The bench.

Miami had seven players score double-digit points in The game. Justise Winslow put down The game high of 20 points while Josh Richardson had 11. Kelly Olynyk, Bam Adebayo, Dion Waiters and Dwyane Wade all got 10 points and Adebayo also grabbed 11 rebounds. Hassan Whiteside from The bench put down a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of The Bucks dunks in The game against The Heat, March 15. /VCG Photo

Antetokounmpo created history by leading The Bucks comeback from a 20-point deficit in The first half to get a 15-point win. As a matter of fact, he must have foreseen The toughness of Friday's game because he failed to claim even one victory at this arena for three straight seasons. The last time Milwaukee came to Miami on December 22, 2018, The Greek Freak did not score any points until The second half, and he only scored nine points in The game that The Bucks lost 94-87.

At Thursday's training, Antetokounmpo promised that his team would bring Their best performance and he lived up to his words by putting down 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists in The second half to help The Bucks crash The Heat (37-18 in Q3 and 34-18 in Q4).

Dwyane Wade #3 of The Heat shoots in The game against The Bucks, March 15. /VCG Photo

In spite of The exciting game, There was one moment that nobody wanted to see. 36-year-old Wade, at The end of The third quarter, lost his balance when he was trying to finish a layup and took a nasty fall on The ground. The good news was that Wade returned to The locker room on his feet and came back in The last quarter, scoring four points.

It takes Clippers on quarter to take down Bulls

Montrezi Harrell of The Los Angeles Clippers dunks innThe game They win against The Chicago Bulls 128-121 at The Staples Center, March 15. /VCG Photo

Danilo Gallinari scored 27 points plus seven rebounds for LA. The team's first-lineup back-court combination, Shai Gilgeous Alexander and Patrick Beverley both had complete number - Alexander had 17 points, seven rebounds and seven assists while Beverley got 13 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Montrezi Harrell and Lou Williams again made remarkable contributions from The bench with respectively 26 and 21 points.

Zach Lavine scored The court's high of 31 points with seven rebounds and seven assists for Chicago. Robin Lopez buried nine of his 12 shots to drop 22 points and eight rebounds. The oTher four players who put down double-digit points for The team were: Otto Porter (15), Kris Dunn (14), Lauri Markkanen (10) and Wayne Selden (14).

Lou Williams #23 of The Clippers handles The ba;; in The game against The Bulls, March 15. /VCG Photo

The Clippers were a magical team this season. They had no superstars and sent one of Their only two All-Star level players, Tobias Harris, away. However, instead of tanking for better draft picks in The summer, The team managed to win 40 of Their 70 games so far and led by six wins over No.9 Sacramento Kings as No.8 in The Western Conference. Considering There are only 14 games to go for The Kings, The Clippers basically earned Them a spot in The playoffs.

The Bulls had a good start in Friday's game as They led in both quarters of The first half (34-29 in Q1 and 29-28 in Q2) while The opponent did not seem to focus on The game. However, things suddenly changed in The third quarter as The home team launched a 19-6 run in The first six minutes to gain The lead (76-69). Then after a timeout, The Clippers continued to get anoTher 26 points, including 11 in The last minute to expand Their lead to 18 points (102-84) before The last quarter.

Zach Lavine #8 of The Bulls shoots in The game against The Clippers, March 15. /VCG Photo

Though Chicago launched Their last counter attack in Q4 and scored 37 points, They failed to fill up The big gap and had to accept Their loss.

OTher games on Friday included: (away teams come first)

Los Angeles Lakers 97-111 Detroit Pistons

Sacramento Kings 114-123 Philadelphia 76ers

Charlotte Hornets 116-110 Washington Wizards

Phoenix Suns 102-108 Houston Rockets

Portland Trail Blazers 122-110 New Orleans Pelicans

New York Knicks 83-109 San Antonio Spurs