Bucks come back from 20 for the second time in their history

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Despite trailing by 20 points (62-42) at halftime, the Milwaukee Bucks ultimately beat the Miami Heat on the road (113-98) and remain the team with the best record the NBA.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re down 20, 15, 10,” said Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 33 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists. “We’re going to keep playing hard. It’s a process. You’ve got to win games like this. You’ve got to face adversity when you’re playing on the road. In the playoffs, it’s not going to be easy. We want to be a great team and that’s why we keep playing hard.”

The Bucks were 1-100 all-time – 0-77 on the road – when trailing by 20 or more at the half. They trailed 72-52 at the half against the New York Knicks on Feb. 18, 1977, and won 124-123.

Here’s the rest of last night’s action and the euro-scorers.

NBA 2018-19	15/3	Score
Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers	111-97	Pachulia 4 p 2 r 2 as – Wagner 3 p. 3 r. 2 as. Bonga 3 r.
Philadelphia 76ers	Sacramento Kings	123-114	Marjanovic 12 p. 7 r. 2 as – Bogdanovic 9 p. Bjelica 4 p. 6 r.
Washington Wizards	Charlotte Hornets	110-116	Satoransky 4 p. 3 r. 3 as. – Batum 16 p. 5 r. 6 as. Parker 16 p. 2 r. 3 as.
Miami Heat	Milwaukee Bucks	98-113	Dragic 3 p. 3 r. 3 as. – Giannis 33 p. 16 r. 9 as. Ilyasova 15 p. 5 r. Mirotic 8 p. 6 r.
Houston Rockets	Phoenix Suns	108-102	Capela 14 p. 11 r. – Bender 4 p. 6 r. 2 as.
New Orleans Pelicans	Portland Trail Blazers	110-122	Kanter 17 p. 8 r. Nurkic 11 p. 12 r. 5 as.
San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks	109-83	Belinelli 12 p 2 r. 3 as. Poeltl 12 p. 9 r. 2 as. Bertans 9 p. 6 r.
Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls	128-121	Gallinari 27 p. 7 r. 2 as. Zubac 9 p. 7 r. – Markkanen 10 p. 8 r. Luwawu-Cabarrot 3 p.

Eastern Conference	W	L	W/L%	GB	PS/G	PA/G	SRS
Milwaukee Bucks* (1)	51	17	.750	—	117.6	108.4	8.56
Toronto Raptors* (2)	49	20	.710	2.5	114.0	108.8	5.04
Indiana Pacers (3)	44	25	.638	7.5	108.2	103.9	3.28
Philadelphia 76ers (4)	43	25	.632	8.0	114.8	111.5	2.93
Boston Celtics (5)	42	27	.609	9.5	112.5	107.3	4.71
Brooklyn Nets (6)	36	34	.514	16.0	111.6	111.7	-0.95
Detroit Pistons (7)	34	33	.507	16.5	107.2	107.8	-0.93
Miami Heat (8)	32	35	.478	18.5	106.1	106.1	-0.60
Orlando Magic (9)	32	38	.457	20.0	105.8	106.5	-0.93
Charlotte Hornets (10)	30	37	.448	20.5	110.8	111.8	-1.44
Washington Wizards (11)	29	39	.426	22.0	114.4	116.8	-2.67
Atlanta Hawks (12)	24	45	.348	27.5	112.7	118.6	-6.53
Chicago Bulls (13)	19	50	.275	32.5	105.0	112.8	-7.66
Cleveland Cavaliers (14)	17	52	.246	34.5	103.8	113.3	-9.46
New York Knicks (15)	13	55	.191	38.0	105.3	113.7	-8.06