Lebron James flirted with a triple-double, scoring 27 points along with 10 rebounds and 8 assists to lead the Miami Heat to a dominating performance and a win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of the opening series for the NBA Playoffs.

The Heat had their moments throughout the game where they played outstanding basketball, showing why this first round was predicted to be a short one for them. Miami played selfless basketball, having a total of 22 assists in 38 made field goals while the Bucks relied mostly on their backcourt, trying to score with long-range, often contested jump shots.

For the Heat, Ray Allen contributed with 20 points in 29 minutes of play, Dwyane Wade had 16 points with a slightly off 5 of 12 field goals, and Chris Bosh added another 15 points.

Brandon Jennings had a solid performance, scoring 26 points and Monta Ellis added another 22 for the Bucks, although the two combined for 5 assists and no other Bucks player scored more than 6 points in the game.

The Heat started off their first post-season game strong, bringing their energy and explosiveness on the court to rally to a quick 15-6 lead, with Bosh hitting two wide open 3-pointers. The Heat seemed unstoppable in the opening minutes of the game, using full range of their talents and scoring every way possible, from points in the paint, to 3-pointers, to wide open dunks.

Eventually Miami’s momentum faded as the minutes went by, making it possible for the Bucks to weather the storm and close out the initial difference in points and performance. Milwaukee came within 2 points at the end of the first quarter and, while Miami had an 8-minute stretch in which they scored only one field goal, they finished the first half with a 52-45 deficit.

But that was as far as they could go.

As soon as the second half began Miami started to gain separation and that’s when it became clear that the efforts of Jennings and Ellis were not going to make it an even game unless there was another scoring option on the floor, in a night that Ilyasova had a quiet game with only 2 points.  "We need to find some other guys who can contribute offensively for us," Bucks coach Jim Boylan said. "We need to get some more balance. We only had two guys in double figures, and that is putting too much pressure on those two guys."  The Bucks made many of their often difficult jump shots, but at the end of the day Miami wasn’t threatened.

Lebron James had matched his career low of shot attempts in a playoff game, but had a terrific field goal percentage, with 9 of 11.  The Heat’s game included their whole team, with a lot of assists, points of the bench from Allen and Chris Andersen who pleased the American Airlines arena with his dunks and that was something the Bucks couldn’t match. "We have so many threats out on the floor, it allows me to just play without any stress because I know guys on our team can make plays, with or without me on the floor," James said. "The work I've put into my individual game and also the package, the team that we have, it comes together, and that's the result of it."

Now the Bucks need to find ways to spread the ball and generate more types of offense if they want to make a worthy pass at the Heat this Tuesday, in Game 2 of the series in Miami.