Jimmy Butler had 35 points and 11 assists as the visiting Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks, who were forced to play most of the game, 130–117. without Giannis AntetokounmpoWHO was wounded in the back and was eliminated in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Playoff Series.

The Greek superstar, after an unfortunate fall to the floor, which caused a lower back injury, temporarily went to the locker room, turned around, could not help and left the match for good, having played only 10:50. During this time, he scored 6 points (2/4 2-pointers, 2/4 field goals), made three rebounds and committed one foul.

Team Miami also suffered from an injury to Tyler Hero, who left on 12 points with a broken arm shortly before halftime and will miss the remainder of the season.

Bam Adebayo scored 22 points for the eighth-seeded Heat, who were playing less than 48 hours into the playoffs, defeating Chicago in the elimination game.

Chris Middleton led Milwaukee with 33 points. Bobby Portis had 21 points and Jrue Holiday had 16 points and 16 assists.

Rui Hachimura came off the bench to score 29 points, LeBron James and Anthony Davis posted double-doubles, and Los Angeles, with the No. 7 seed, beat Memphis on the road to take a 1-0 series lead.

In his sixth career playoff game, Hachimura was one of only four Lakers to score at least 21 points, joining Austin Reeves with 23, Davis with 22, and James with 21.

Memphis played the final at 5:48 without Morad, who finished with 18 points.

Kawhi Leonard scored 38 points during his first playoff game in 22 months to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 115–110 win over host Phoenix in Game 1 of their Western Conference First Round playoff series.

Leonard also added five rebounds and five assists, while Eric Gordon scored 19 points for the fifth-place Clippers.

Kevin Durant had 27 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds in his first playoff game for the fourth seed Suns. It was the first time Phoenix had lost—nine games in total—with Durant on the court. Devin Booker had 26 points, Torrey Craig had 22 and Deirdre Ayton had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Suns.

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