The NBA playoffs continued, and in the previously concluded games, on the Western side, the top three Thunder + Nuggets + Timberwolves in the regular season all successfully got match points, and the series between the Clippers and the Mavericks, the Clippers lost all the 2 games in which Leonard played, and the 2 games in which Leonard was suspended, Harden had 28 points and 8 assists in a game, and 33 points and 7 assists in a game, leading the team to defeat the Mavericks in the most unreasonable way, even if the referee targeted the Clippers, it would not help. On the Eastern side, the Cavaliers and Magic were tied 2-2, the Celtics led the Heat 2-1, the Knicks led the 76ers 3-1 to get the match point, and in the other matchup, the Pacers previously led the Bucks 2-1. In the regular season, the Bucks ranked third and the Pacers sixth, but the Pacers restrained the Bucks, coupled with the letter brother soleus muscle strain, Lillard suffered an Achilles tendon stretch in G3, including a knee injury, and the Bucks were in danger.
During the regular season, under the leadership of Haliburton, the Pacers showed great offensive talent, averaging 123.3 points per game and second in the league with an offensive efficiency of 120.5. In the playoffs, the team averaged 113.3 points per game and second in the league, in addition to averaging 48.3 rebounds + 30 assists per game, which is also the first in the league! According to the modeling calculation of the American media "BR", the probability of the Pacers completing the following grams is 70.1%, and the probability of the Bucks advancing is only 29.9%! The American media revealed that it was difficult for Brother Alphabet to come back in the first round, and Lillard's Achilles tendon injury was also more serious, and he suffered from Achilles tendon pain from the end of the regular season, and he has been playing with an injury. It's fair to say that the Bucks are going to make another first-round round trip this season, and the team's rebuild, including coaching Doc Rivers Sr., has failed.
Bucks starters: Beverley + Beasley + Middleton + Portis + Da Lopez, Pacers starters: Haliburton + Nembhard + Nesmith + Sika + Turner. At the beginning of the game, Nembhard hit a three-pointer, Portis ate Sika alone, Beasley continued to add three points, and Sika immediately faced Portis to complete the dunk! Beverley scored consecutive singles, Haliburton blossomed inside and outside to bite the score, and in the middle of the game, Turner and Nesmith rained three-pointers, and there was a sudden accident on the court: Portis and Nembhard got stuck in the basket, and after pushing twice, Portis directly punched Nembhard, and the two technical fouls were ejected! The Pacers relied on Toppin to score consecutive points, and the Bucks relied on Jackson and Da Lopez to blossom inside and out, and the two teams tied at 33 in the first quarter!
In the middle of the section, Sika ate the cake, Turner hit a three-point shot after a violent dunk, and after the Pacers opened up the difference slightly, Beasley jumped + three points at the top of the arc, and Da Luo caught up with the score again. Haliburton hit a three-pointer late in the quarter to give the Pacers a 67-64 halftime lead over the Bucks. Haliburton had 15 first-half points, Turner had 13, Middleton had 13, Lopez had 12 and Beasley had 10. At the beginning of the second half, Haliburton rained three points, stopped the Bucks with three consecutive three-pointers, and after the timeout, Da Luo and Beasley scored 5 points to stop the bleeding, Turner received the ball and violently dunked, and then hit another three-pointer in the bottom corner, and Smith continued to score three points at the end of the quarter, and the United Toppin opened up to 17 points. However, Middleton and Beverley chased back-to-back points at the end of the quarter, and after three quarters, the Pacers led the Bucks 98-85.
In the fourth quarter of the decisive battle, Middleton and Da Luo chased 7 points in a row, and at the critical moment, Smith made free throws to stop the bleeding, and then Turner continued to jump shots, and Turner hit two unreasonable three-pointers in the middle of the game, opening up the 14-point gap again, and the Bucks worked hard to gain 0 in half a day. In the middle of the period, Nembhard made consecutive flying layups, and Beasley's three-point shot maintained a trace of suspense, but after that, Sika countered the throwing + mid-range jumper to kill the suspense of the game! In the last 2 minutes, the Bucks replaced the main force and surrendered! In the end, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 126-113 at home, leading the Bucks 3-1 and getting the first round match point of the series!
Bucks statistics, Beasley 20 points and 3 rebounds, Da Lopez 27 points and 9 rebounds, Middleton 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Beverley 9 points and 4 assists. Pacers stats, Haliburton 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, McConnell 8 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Toppin 13 points, Nembhard 15 points and 9 assists, Turner 29 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Sika 13 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Nesmith 13 points.
Throughout the game, without Antetokounmpo and Lillard, the offensive ability was very limited. Portis threw punches at his opponent in the first quarter, and his mentality was obviously unbalanced. In this case, the old Rivers didn't have a good way, but after 4 games, the Bucks had no defensive pressure at all, and the old Rivers had to take all the responsibility! Let the Pacers get the match point early, and it was only a matter of time before the Bucks were out.