//Heat use big 4th quarter to take 3-0 series lead over Bucks

Heat use big 4th quarter to take 3-0 series lead over Bucks

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jimmy Butler sent the ball out to Jae Crowder, then started celebrating before his teammate even took the shot.

He knew what was about to happen.

The Miami Heat did it again – and have the Milwaukee Bucks, the No. 1 overall seed in the NBA playoffs, on the brink of leaving the bubble weeks earlier than they anticipated.

Butler scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, the Heat outscored the Bucks 40-13 in those final 12 minutes – the biggest fourth-quarter margin in NBA playoff history – and topped Milwaukee 115-100 to take a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

”No, I’m not surprised,” Butler said. ”I think everybody else in the world might be. But not us here. Not if you wear a Heat jersey, if you’re one of these coaches, if you’re part of this organization, if you’ve been