The Bucks’ travel issues leaving New Orleans are causing delays in Thursday’s game with the Heat

The game between Miami and Milwaukee has been delayed from 7:30 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Milwaukee’s scheduled game with the Miami Heat on Thursday has been pushed back an hour due to the Bucks’ difficulty arriving from snowy conditions in New Orleans.

The NBA announced at 5:05 p.m. Eastern Time — less than two hours before the game’s scheduled start — that it would begin at 8:30 p.m. ET instead of 7:30 p.m.

The Bucks had been stuck in New Orleans, where they arrived Monday to prepare to face the Pelicans on Wednesday. That game was postponed after a historic winter storm Tuesday dumped about a foot of snow there, with many of the city’s roads remaining covered in ice a day later.

The Heat had no weather issues and were in Milwaukee in time to participate in a Wednesday morning shootaround.

“Fortunately, we haven’t had to deal with the weather situation, but I think everyone is happy that we’re playing this game tonight,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It just gets a lot more complicated when you have to push it down the road.”