Hot Robinson roasts Hawks
Duncan Robinson couldn’t miss shots. Trae Young couldn’t make shots.
In simplest terms, that’s how Game 1 went for Miami and Atlanta.
Robinson came off the bench to set a franchise playoff record with eight 3-pointers, and the top-seeded Heat forced Young into matching the worst-shooting game of his career on the way to a 11591 win over the eighth-seeded Hawks in the opener of an Eastern Conference firstround series Sunday.
“It’s always nice to throw the first punch,” Robinson said. “But in the grand scheme of things, it’s just winning one game.”
Robinson scored 27 points on 9-of-10 shooting for the Heat, 8 of 9 from 3-point range. Jimmy Butler scored 21, P.J. Tucker added 16 and Kyle Lowry had 10.
Danilo Gallinari led Atlanta with 17 points. De’Andre Hunter scored 14 for the Hawks and John Collins added 10.
Bucks 93, Bulls 86 — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 16 rebounds, and defending champion Milwaukee recovered after blowing a 16-point lead to beat Chicago Bulls in Game 1 of their firstround playoff series.
Jrue Holiday sank a goahead 3-pointer with 5:03 left as part of an 8-0 run that gave the Bucks an 85-78 edge. The Bulls got the margin down to one but could never regain the lead, as Zach LaVine missed a potential tying 3-pointer from nearly 30 feet away with 29 seconds left.
The Bucks have won 17 of their last 18 meetings with the Bulls, including all five matchups this season. The Bulls’ lone victory during this stretch came in the 2020-21 regular-season finale when the Bucks rested all their starters.
Milwaukee kept that pattern going Sunday by holding Chicago to the lowest singlegame point total of any Bucks opponent this season. But the Bucks also continued their habit of struggling in opening games of series.
Brook Lopez scored 18 points, Holiday had 15, Khris Middleton had 11 and Bobby Portis added 10. Portis also had 12 rebounds.
Nikola Vucevic had 24 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls, making their first playoff appearance in five years. LaVine had 18 points and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan had 18 points, eight rebounds and six assists.