Khris Middleton Hits Game-Winning Three To Cap Frenzied Final Seconds

Khris Middleton is starting to make a habit of hitting game-winners from a very specific spot on the floor. Down two to the Heat with eight seconds remaining, Jerryd Bayless's missed layup was heading out of bounds before Zaza Pachulia tracked it down and chucked it backwards. His save found Middleton perfectly, who nailed the three before a delirious Bradley Center crowd.

With the win, the Bucks go 2.5 games ahead of the Heat for sixth place in the Eastern Conference, and the right to play the Bulls—not the Cavaliers—in the first round of the playoffs. A win would've brought the Heat within half a game.

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