The 68-16 Miami Heat will travel to play a desperate 38-46 Milwaukee Bucks in Game three of their best of seven NBA playoff series with a pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Milwaukee is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by TNT. <br /><br />The odds from this NBA pro basketball game has the road club Miami Heat favored by -7 ½ points with an over under line of 194 points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago. <br /><br />The Miami Heat has taken a 2-0 series lead following a 98-86 home victory in game two against the Milwaukee Bucks as a -14 point betting favorite. The total landed under 197 points. <br /><br />The Heat is 29-12 straight up on the road. Miami had a good fourth quarter in victory as they outscored the Bucks 30-21. They shot 44.9% from the floor and connected on 6 of 19 three pointers. They did a good job at the free throw line by making 22 of 26 from the charity stripe. Dwyane Wade led the Heat with 21 points and seven boards as he made 8 of his 14 shots. LeBron scored 19 points and dished six assists as he made 6 of 14 from the field. Miami is the top shooting and second best three point shooting team in the NBA this season. The club connects on 49.6% of their shots and 39.6% from beyond the arc. <br /><br />The Bucks are 21-20 playing at home. The Bucks wasted a 50% shooting game in their game two defeat. There were several reasons for this. Milwaukee made only 4 of 18 three pointers, missed 7 of 17 free throws, had ten less rebounds and committed 17 turnovers. Ersan Ilyasova led the Bucks with 21 points and six boards as he made 9 of his 14 shots. The inefficient guard duo of Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis combined for 5 of 22 shooting and 0 of 10 from three. Milwaukee got a great performance from their supporting cast but like so many times this season the team’s two stars couldn’t shoot a lick. The Bucks are 28th and third last in shooting the basketball as Monta Ellis hits on 41.6% of his shots and Brandon Jennings just 39.9%. In the playoffs free agent to be Brandon Jennings is making 31.4% of his shots.
