On April 22, 2024, Beijing time, the Bucks hosted the Pacers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Pacers' starters remain unchanged at Haliburton, Siakam, Nesmith, Nembhard and Turner.
19 points in the first quarter! My name is Lillard, awesome!
In the first quarter of the game, judging from the performance, the Pacers played the playoffs relatively tightly, and the offensive end was not good, and finally relied on Turner to score 4 points in a row. Fortunately, the Pacers did a better job defensively, fell into the position, and did not give the Bucks too many opportunities. After the Bucks adapted to the rhythm of the game, they could also score inside, Lillard caused a three-point foul and scored a free throw, and after the free throw found its touch, he converted the offense and directly pulled out a three-point shot!
After the timeout, Lillard pulled out a three-pointer to continue to shoot, but unfortunately the long-range three-pointer was not continued, but then converted the offense to hit the inside and scored two plus one, and he has scored 16 points. Siakam scored on a mid-range shot, and the Pacers kept three points open!But the Bucks were unrelenting, Beasley scored three points, and Connaughton scored three plus one! These two times were Lillard's assists, and the last offense, Lillard stepped back and hit a three-point whistle shot, and the Bucks led the Pacers 30-21 at the end of the first quarter, and the Pacers made 0 of 9 three-pointers in the first quarter, and Lillard scored 19 points in a single quarter.
Inexperienced, the Pacers' offensive system simply couldn't play
In the second quarter of the game, the Pacers had three turnovers at the beginning, the Bucks Middleton caused a foul free throw to score, Portis scored six points in a row, and the Pacers quickly called a timeout. After the timeout, the offense still didn't improve, Siakam missed a single shot, McConnell hit a three-pointer, Portis continued to score under the basket, Middleton was released under the basket, and scored an easy layup, the Bucks led the score by 19 points and stopped the Pacers again.
After another timeout, the Pacers were fouled by the defense for 24 seconds, Middleton assisted Crowder to score a layup, and the Pacers were beaten on a 24-4 run! Lillard re-entered the game with 7 minutes left in the quarter, and the Pacers began to wrap him, but the first time he stepped on the three-point line and continued to shoot, the next round the Pacers did not explain clearly, let Lillard go, and hit a solid three-point shot. Then Siakam and others continued to play iron with three points, and made 0 of 12 three-pointers! Turner's basket was also blocked by Da Luo, and the house leak happened to rain overnight. Then Siakam and Turner hit consecutive irons, Beverley scored under the basket, Middleton singled in the middle of the range, Lillard hit a three-pointer, and the Bucks stretched the difference to 27 points!
Then Turner, Nembhard and Haliburton finally made a three-pointer, but Lillard broke through the inside to score, Da Lopez also hit a three-pointer, Lillard scored three plus one, and Lillard broke through in the face of the bag and caused a foul! At halftime, the Bucks led the Pacers 69-42, Lillard shot 11-of-19 in the half, and 6-of-10 three-pointers scored 35 points!
Lillard was heavily guarded, and Middleton couldn't carry the team
In the second half, Nesmith made a three-pointer, Siakam converted to score, Middleton scored on a jumper after a single, and Turner missed a three-pointer, but was able to score a foul free throw through a conversion offense. The Pacers focused on defending Lillard in the quarter, forcing him to play, missing his first mid-range shot, Siakam scoring unguarded from mid-range, Portis scoring four points on a mid-range shot, and Turner was missing a three-pointer, this time with a three-pointer. Turner misses a shot, and Siakam scores on a layup.
A physical altercation ensued between Nembhard and Lillard, and both received a technical foul each! The Bucks found their offensive rhythm, Da Lo and Middleton scored four straight points, McConnell was released under the basket and made an easy layup, and Turner turned around with the ball and scored, and the margin returned to within 20 points. But then the Pacers' three-point power went out, Turner and McConnell were released in a row, and all three of them missed! Rivers set a small lineup, allowing Smith to break through and score foul free throws, the Bucks continued to play iron, Green missed two three-pointers in a row, Lillard missed a single three-pointer, the Bucks had not scored for 4 minutes, Shepard converted to shoot three points, McConnell made a quick stop to score from mid-range, and at the end of the third quarter, the Pacers chased the score to 12 points 71-83, and the Pacers scored 29-14 in a single quarter! Lillard did not score a point in this quarter.
My name is Rivers, Rivers who refused to reverse in this game
In the final quarter of the game, Middleton took the lead in shooting three points, McConnell forced a breakthrough layup and scored, Portis hit the inside line and scored two plus one, Siakam assisted the empty Toppin to complete the layup, Middleton missed three points, but unfortunately Siakam's offensive touch declined, two shots were not made, missed the opportunity to chase points, Middleton caused a foul free throw to score, Crowder scored three points after coming on the court, Crowder completed the steal, Beasley scored three points, and the difference returned to 20 points.
The two sides entered the decisive moment, Toppin missed a three-point shot in the bottom corner, Middleton singled Toppin to score a mid-range shot, Nesmith continued to hit the iron with three points, and Toppin did not have a three-point position! Haliburton was targeted by the Bucks in this game, and he has been guarding his ball-handler, although the shooting rate is good, it really doesn't show much. A chaotic battle ensued, and although Turner and Siakam made three-pointers, time was running out, and they were still trailing by 17 points in four minutes!
In the last 4 minutes, Lillard made a mistake, Siakam converted offense and was fouled and missed two free throws, Portis was blocked for three points, Nembhard converted to score two plus one, Beverley scored three points, Haliburton broke through to the layup and missed, Siakam completed the layup! Da Luo threw and scored, and the Pacers then did not chase the momentum, and finally the Bucks beat the Pacers 109-94, and the Bucks led the Pacers 1-0 in the series, and Lillard did not score a point in the second half.
Full-time player stats
Bucks: Lillard had 35 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-24 shooting and 6-of-11 three-pointers, Middleton had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-14 shooting and 1-of-4 three-pointers, Portis had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, Da Lopez had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks, Beverley had 5 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, Beasley had 9 points and 4 rebounds, Connaughton had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals, and Crowder had 5 points and 3 rebounds.
Pacers: Siakam shot 15-of-25 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range to finish with 36 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Haliburton shot 4-of-7 from the field and 1-of-3 from three-point range for 9 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Turner had 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Nesmith had 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Insider Buhada had 6 points and 3 assists, McConnell had 10 points and 2 rebounds, and Toppin had 4 points and 5 rebounds.
Full game summary
In this G1 game between the Bucks and the Pacers, from the perspective of the process, the Pacers lost to the inexperienced, and in the first half of the game, both offensive and defensive ends have not adapted to the pressure of the playoffs. Although the second half of the game picked up, the overall feeling was not good, especially Haliburton, which was limited, and the Pacers couldn't play an excellent offense!
The Bucks played the first half of the game, and in the second half, Lillard was limited and fell into a scoring drought, but fortunately found his touch in the final quarter and finally won a victory.
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