Basketball: Bucks beat Miami to clinch East top seed for NBA playoffs

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, center, moves the ball against Miami's Jae Crowder, left, and Tyler Herro in a 130-116 victory Thursday that clinched a top seed for the NBA playoffs for the Bucks AFP/POOLMIAMI: Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks clinched the Eastern Conference top seed in the NBA playoffs Thursday by beating Miami 130-116.

If the standings stay as they are, the Bucks and Heat could meet in the second round of the playoffs. The Bucks opened the second half with a 26-8 run to pull ahead 82-81, their first lead since 17-16 in the first quarter, on an alley oop dunk by Brooks Lopez with 5:11 remaining in the third quarter.The Heat clung to a 98-92 lead entering the fourth quarter and were aided when Antetokounmpo was whistled for his fifth foul early in the period.

The Suns improved to 30-39, one game behind ninth-place Portland in the Western Conference in the chase for a spot in the playoffs.

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