MILWAUKEE (AP) 鈥� Milwaukee鈥檚 scheduled game with the Miami Heat on Thursday has been pushed back an hour due to the Bucks鈥� difficulties arriving from .
The NBA announced at 4:05 p.m. Central time 鈥� less than two hours before the game鈥檚 scheduled start 鈥� that it would begin at 7:30 p.m. rather than 6:30 p.m.
The Bucks had been stuck in New Orleans, where they had arrived Monday to prepare to face the Pelicans on Wednesday. after a historic winter storm Tuesday dumped about a foot of snow there, with many of the city鈥檚 roads remaining coated in ice a day later.
The Bucks weren鈥檛 able to leave New Orleans until Wednesday and still hadn鈥檛 arrived in Milwaukee by the time the scheduled game with the Heat was delayed. The Heat didn鈥檛 have any weather issues and were in Milwaukee in time to participate in a Wednesday morning shootaround.
鈥淭hankfully we haven鈥檛 had to deal with the weather situation, but I think everybody鈥檚 glad we鈥檙e playing this game tonight,鈥� Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. 鈥淚t just gets a lot more complicated when you have to push it down the road.鈥�
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Steve Megargee, The Associated Press
