At 8:30 on April 24, the NBA playoffs were staged, and the Bucks played against the Pacers at home. The East is not as competitive as the West as a whole, so the Bucks, although ranked third in the regular season in the East, are only two wins ahead of the Pacers, who finished sixth in the regular season. This also means that this series is still quite unpredictable. The Pacers didn't have a chance to fight back, not without a chance to go down.
Back to G2. In the first half of the game, the Pacers played bravely, playing 30-26 and 30-29 respectively, establishing a slight advantage of 5 points. In the third quarter, the Bucks' counterattack seemed to have a mediocre effect and failed to close the gap in time. Siakam played an efficient game, which is admirable! Lillard has a lot of pressure on his single-core, but fortunately, he has a three-point shooting rate of about 5 percent, helping the team bite the situation. At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks trailed 83-92.
In the final quarter, Middleton made a foul and hit 2 free throws. Connaughton played 2+1, the game went into a timeout, and the Pacers were decisive. Toppin was fouled on the first level, and Crowder missed a three-point attempt. McConaughey misses layup, Beverley sends a block!McConaughey assists on Nesmith and scores on a jumper. Lillard failed to make a layup with the ball, and Siakam scored 4 points in a row, bringing out a wave of 8-0 climax, and the advantage was re-elevated to as many as 12 points, forcing a timeout!
The Bucks collapsed after that! Consecutive timeouts could no longer withstand the Pacers' offensive momentum! Turner scored three points, and McConaughey and Siakam made continuous efforts to easily increase the advantage to 20 points. With 6 minutes and 22 seconds left in the game, the pressure on the Bucks came. The Pacers didn't give the other side a chance, but ended the suspense!In the end, the Pacers tied the score 1-1, and G2 completed the following gram, which was very powerful.
Lillard finished with 34 points on 10-of-21 shooting and 6-of-13 three-pointers. Da Luo 19 points into the account. Siakam scored 37 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 16-of-23 shooting, Turner 22+7+6, and Nembhard played the odd soldier with 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting.