03-25-2008, 03:32 AM
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Re: Game thread, Bucks vs Heat, March 25. 20008, Miami, 6:30
Riley on the game:
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Miami – Funny thing. Going into his team’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks Monday night at the American Airlines Arena, Miami Heat coach Pat Riley apparently still viewed the Milwaukee Bucks as a playoff contender.
“Certainly one of the old grind-out games,” said Riley after his team’s 78-73 victory. “I mean they’re desperate as hell. They’re right on the brink of being eliminated.
“It was a fun game to coach and watch even though it wasn’t one of those free-flowing games. But the (Miami) guys really played hard.”
As opposed to the Bucks who continue the countdown to the end of the season. It was the Bucks’ second loss in a week to Miami, the team with the worst record in the NBA.
The Bucks shot 35.5% for the game, made 4 of 13 shots (30.8%) from three-point range, passed for only 11 assists and turned the ball over 20 times. The Bucks shot 25% and scored 12 points in the second quarter, and shot 23.8% and scored 13 points in the third quarter. The exceeded their season-low point total by four.
“It wasn’t a pretty game,” said Riley. “We were making a lot of shots at the end. The only time that we didn’t make a stop was when somebody tried too hard and ran by somebody. They were constantly having to make plays. Some of the plays they tried to make didn’t turn out to be scoring plays.”
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