Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 46-26, Miami 40-32
Game 1 on Saturday, 22 May: Miami loses at Milwaukee, 109-pts-107(OT)
Game 2 on Monday, 24 May: Miami loses at Milwaukee, 132-pts-98
Game 3 on Thursday, 27 May: Milwaukee wins at Miami, 113-pts-84
Game 4 on Saturday, 29 May: Milwaukee wins at Miami, 120-pts-103

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and topped the Miami Heat 120-pts-103 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1469 victory. With the series 1469 win, the Milwaukee Bucks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 15-25 overall and 3-8 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1469 loss, the Miami Heat see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 26-13 overall and 9-5 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Milwaukee Bucks in series 1469 was WWWW: Series 1469 thus becomes the 32nd NBA Preliminary-round series, the 88th NBA series (all rounds), and the 241st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. In all fourteen best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series by the Miami Heat, the Game 1 outcome by the Heat matched the series outcome by the Heat (nine wins and now five losses). The Milwaukee Bucks trailed the host Miami Heat by seven points as late as after two quarters but emerged victorious: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down seven points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 23-102 (.184) - the Milwaukee Bucks thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback. The last NBA team to trail a best-of-7 NBA playoff game by seven points on the road at halftime but prevail: The Cleveland Cavaliers, in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals.

After Game 3: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and bested the Miami Heat 113-pts-84 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1469 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 4 record of 4-1 (with an active four-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 4 record of 2-1.

After Game 2: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and defeated the Miami Heat 132-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1469 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 8-1 and a Game 3 record of 5-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 1-5 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. The 26-point lead after one quarter by the Bucks in Milwaukee over the Miami Heat in series 1469 Game 2 ties that by the Milwaukee Bucks in Philadelphia against the 76ers in series 224 Game 3 (in the 1970 NBA Quarterfinals) for the largest lead ever after one quarter in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game. The sole series loss by the Milwaukee Bucks upon leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-nil occurred in the last such best-of-7 NBA playoff series by the Bucks, in series 1413 to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA Semifinals.

After Game 1: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and bested the Miami Heat 109-pts-107 (OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1469 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 9-4 and a Game 2 record of 9-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Miami Heat have a series record of 8-9 and a Game 2 record of 11-6.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks finished six games ahead of the Miami Heat. From 1947 through the 2020 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by six regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 20-17 (.541) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1469 is the 40th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Milwaukee Bucks, and the 39th for the Miami Heat. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 14-25, a Preliminary-round series record of 1-7 (with the sole victory occurring in their last such series), and a Game 1 record of 13-26, while the Miami Heat have an all-rounds series record of 26-12, a Preliminary-round series record of 9-4, and a Game 1 record of 21-17. Series 1469 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in both of their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series, in the 2013 NBA Preliminary round and in the 2020 NBA Quarterfinals. In best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round action, the Milwaukee Bucks bring a 0-8 Game 1 record into series 1469. In all thirteen previous best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series by the Miami Heat, the Game 1 outcome by the Heat has presaged the series outcome by the Heat (nine wins; four losses).