On April 24, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs G2 continued to unfold, and the Bucks played the Pacers at home. In this game, Brother Alphabet was still absent, and the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and Lillard was still in hot form, but he could not help the team take the initiative, trailing by 5 points at halftime. In the second half, the Pacers stretched the margin to double digits, and Turner scored back-to-back points to stretch the margin to more than 20 points. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 125-108 to tie the score at 1-1, and they are also the first team to win on the road.
The Bucks won the first game under Lillard's leadership, and this time he still had a hot momentum, scoring 15 points in a single quarter on consecutive outside shots, but this time the Pacers were just as hot and took the lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Pacers were still hot, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, and the Bucks relied more on Lillard's offense, scoring 11 points again in a single quarter, scoring 26 points at halftime, but they still did not defeat the opponent, and they still trailed by 5 points at halftime.
In the second half, the Pacers still maintained a hot hand, still suppressed the Bucks, took the initiative on the court, and kept the point difference wide, and had a 9-point lead after the third quarter. In the final quarter, the Pacers' hand still did not decline, Turner burst into the outside to score consecutive points, Siakam continued to score points, Turner three points soared again, and the difference directly stretched to 20 points. Haliburton also scored a three-pointer, directly putting the game into garbage time, and the Bucks replaced the main player early. In the end, the Pacers beat the Bucks, who lost home-court advantage.
In this game, the Pacers seized the opportunity very well, and Siakam still had a hot performance, scoring 37 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, and hitting 35+10 data in two consecutive games. Turner also had 22 points, Nembhard 20 points, Haliburton 12 points and 12 assists, and each player played to show their strong offensive firepower, leaving the Bucks with no choice but to watch the difference be widened, and finally the Pacers won away from home.
The Bucks failed to play as well as they should this time, and the impact of the absence of Brother Alphabet still appeared, and Lillard performed very well this time, scoring 26 points in the first half, scoring 34 points in the game, and 6-of-13 from three-point range, but unfortunately failed to help the team win this time. Big Lopez scored 22 points on 6-of-7 three-pointers, Portis had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Middleton had 15 points. With this loss, the Bucks have fallen into passivity.