"Single-handedly, it seems the Milwaukee Bucks have written the scouting report on how to defeat the Heat this season: slow the game down, force the Heat into its half-court offense and capitalize on the Heat's propensity for unforced errors.

Or, as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra put it on Thursday, simply disrupt his team's "karma."

"When we make a lot of mistakes and have the type of turnovers we had [Wednesday] night, we generally don't win those games," Spoelstra said. "And there's a karma to the game. It affects oftentimes our offensive rhythm and it affects our defense, giving up easy pick-sixes going the other way.""