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Bucks Take Advantage Of Short-Handed Heat, Top Miami 91-79

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MIAMI (AP) — Perhaps Dwyane Wade taught Khris Middleton too well last summer.

Middleton scored 22 points, Greg Monroe added 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks clamped down defensively on Wade and short-handed Miami throughout, beating the Heat 91-79 on Tuesday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 14 points for Milwaukee, which has now beaten Miami five consecutive times.

“We were getting stops and getting out and running,” Bucks interim coach Joe Prunty said. “The fast-break points weren’t necessarily high for either team, but … the stops were really the catalysts.