Spotted: A Khris Middleton highlight! The Milwaukee Bucks All-Star, who is not exactly known for his handle, made Miami Heat forward Jae Crowder look utterly silly during the second quarter of Monday night's Game 1 matchup.

Middleton pulled off a mean between-the-legs hesitation to free himself up and fire a 17-footer.

The top-seeded Bucks were nearly a 3-to-1 favorite to top the No. 4-seeded Heat and advance to their second consecutive Eastern Conference Finals ahead of Monday night's matchup. Of course, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo and company will only be satisfied if they do better than last season and advance to the franchise's first NBA Finals, at the very least.

Once again, Middleton will be a major X-factor in whether Milwaukee can make that happen. For the Bucks to reach their ceiling, the two-time All-Star still needs to prove he can be a reliable second star and crunch-time scoring option for Mike Budenholzer deep in the postseason.

Middleton is coming off a career-best, hyper-efficient regular season in which he averaged 20.9 points per game on 49.7 percent shooting from the field. However, he struggled in the Bucks' five-game first round series against the Orlando Magic, shooting just 36.1 percent from the field with 15.0 points per game.

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