Miami Heat

Takeaways from the Heat's home win over the Bucks on Saturday despite missing three starters. Gabe Vincent, Victor Oladipo and Bam Adebayo led the way.

The Miami Heat dominated in their rematch against the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday afternoon. In another night without Tyler Herro and Kyle Lowry, the backcourt ...

Jayden Armant is a contributor to Inside the Heat. [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/miami-heats-bam-adebayo-tyler-herro-left-off-first-fan-all-star-returns) “Make that 3 wins in a row,” user HeatCulture said. They have also blown many leads that allow opponents to take games down to the wire. The Heat are 6-1 when Oladipo has at least 14 points. He had 21 in the first half.

Antetokounmpo is out again today in an early 1:00pm matchup against the Bucks.

- Giannis Antetokounmpo, out - Kyle Lowry, out Dewayne Dedmon returns to the active roster after his self-inflicted one-game team suspension.

The Miami Heat just earned a pair of wins over the Giannis-less Bucks. However, Gabe Vincent would have made it tough for any iteration of the Bucks to win.

[his career-high 28 point night](https://allucanheat.com/2023/01/12/gabe-vincent-career-high-miami-heat/) in Thursday’s win, he would come out to score 21 in the first half of Saturday’s victory. The Miami Heat won the games, which is most important, but Vincent’s performances in the last two games are as important too. And among those special guys for the Miami Heat, especially in light of their key absences, was However, Gabe Vincent would have made it tough for any iteration of the Bucks to win. That says something about just how well the rest of the guys were going and what it would take from any iteration of the Bucks to beat them. Needing to continue to bolster their record as they progress through the remainder of the season and into the postseason, the Miami Heat should feel good about being able to stack up consecutive wins.

The Milwaukee Bucks faltered anew against the Miami Heat, absorbing a 111-95 loss with their star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo sitting out on Saturday night.

Miami led by as many as 15 in the second period but Milwaukee kept fighting back and trimmed the deficit to just eight at the half, 45-53. For a while, the Bucks looked ready to pull off a huge comeback when they rallied within 62-63, midway through the third period. Milwaukee could only muster 26 points in the paint while Miami had 54. Miami answered with six unanswered points to stretch its lead to 69-62. Milwaukee didn’t have Antetokounmpo in that six-point loss, and with the two-time MVP missing in action again due to left knee soreness, the Heat scored a repeat. No Milwaukee player breached the 20-point scoring mark.

The Miami Heat seem to be finally hitting their stride after 2 consecutive victories against the rival Milwaukee Bucks. Heat improve to 24-20, 4 games above ...

However, the depth of this team is finally showing positive signs. Haywood Highsmith is another player who has been playing his role extremely well. [pic.twitter.com/c2GmWjPhnm] [January 14, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/sRMwkzLu2L] [January 14, 2023] That’s what we anticipated.” That’s what we had hoped for. [pic.twitter.com/y1YOX8SJLt] [January 14, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/YpCzaTg0xu] [January 14, 2023] [pic.twitter.com/sQRHxeMEcz] [January 14, 2023] Gabe Vincent continues to play like he has something to prove, exploding with 27 points and 5 steals, 55 points combined the last 2 games. [pic.twitter.com/kg067A7Qk9] [January 14, 2023] The Miami Heat seem to be finally hitting their stride after 2 consecutive victories against the rival Milwaukee Bucks.