The Bucks faced off against the Pacers, the Bucks collapsed in the fourth quarter, and the Pacers completed their first playoff game of the season, with a score of 1-1. Lillard shot 10-of-21 from the field, 6-of-13 from three-point range, and finished with 34 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, with 0 points in the final quarter.
Antetokounmpo continued to be sidelined, and Lillard erupted again. At the end of the first quarter, Lillard received the ball and made a three-point jumper, his body drifted to shoot, and he made a difficult step-back jumper, which was still a solid three-point shot, and in the entire first quarter, Lillard played 10 minutes, shooting 4 of 6, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 4 of 5 free throws, and got 15 points and 1 rebound.
However, in this battle, the Pacers rebounded, blossomed more points, and led 30-26 in the first quarter. In this case, Lillard continued to stand up and kill red-eyed. At the end of the half, Lillard defused the bomb and hit a long-range three-pointer, which was already his sixth three-pointer.
At the end of the half, Lillard played 22 minutes and 13 seconds, shooting 7 of 12 (6 of 11 three-pointers), 6 of 7 free throws, cutting 26 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, and 1 turnover.
Back in the second half, the Pacers continued to press the Bucks. At the end of the third quarter, Lillard had 34 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, but the Bucks trailed 83-92. Turner hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter to put the Pacers' lead to 13 points. After the timeout, Turner hit another three-pointer and the Pacers led by as many as 20 points, and at that moment Bucks fans missed Antetokounmpo immensely. After that, the Bucks collapsed and the Pacers further widened the gap, and the game went into garbage time early. Brother Alphabet's face was blue on the sidelines. With 4 minutes and 40 seconds left, Lillard clocked in early and conceded defeat, and Brother Alphabet punched to comfort.