Jimmy Butler, Heat stun Bucks in OT to oust top-seeded Milwaukee - ESPN

MILWAUKEE — Less than two weeks ago, the Miami Heat were trailing with under five minutes to go in the final Eastern Conference play-in game against the Chicago Bulls. At that point, it was easy to see a world in which the Heat wouldn't even make the playoffs — and more challenging to see them pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NBA history after doing so.

And yet, that's exactly what the Heat did Wednesday night, riding 42 points from Jimmy Butler to beat the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks — who entered the postseason as the clear favorites to lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy for a second time in three years — 128-126 in overtime at Fiserv Forum in Game 5 of this first-round series, claiming the series four games to one and sending Giannis Antetokounmpo and his teammates crashing out of the postseason in the process.

In many ways, the game was a repeat of the one the teams played in Miami 48 hours earlier — up to and including the Heat pulling off a ridiculous comeback to stun the Bucks. While Miami controlled more of this game than it did Game 4, the Bucks were in control for large portions of it and took a 22-6 lead into the fourth quarter.

But after Milwaukee didn't score for over three minutes to start the fourth and didn't make a field goal for nearly five minutes, Miami slowly dragged itself back into the game — in large part because Milwaukee's offense couldn't get started in the final period.

The Bucks finally got a shot to fall when Jrue Holiday hit a corner 3 with just over 7 minutes remaining — but wouldn't get a second until Wes Matthews hit a triple nearly four minutes later. Meanwhile, Miami — behind another superlative effort from Jimmy Butler, keep chipping away at Milwaukee's lead, until a Butler and-one