On April 29, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA playoffs Pacers played at home against the Bucks, relying on Haliburton's throwing 2+1 quasi-kill Bucks in the last game, the Pacers led the Bucks 2-1, and Lillard had to rest because of the aggravation of his Achilles tendon injury. Originally, the Bucks didn't have the star of the house, and Lillard didn't play, which is really unlucky, and all bad luck followed! But it's also a good thing for Rivers, even if he loses, there is an excuse: "We have two All-Star players who didn't play because of injuries!" Bucks starters: Middleton + Portis + Da Lo + Beasley + Beverley, Pacers starters: Nesmith + Siakam + Turner + Nembhard + Haliburton.
Tournament History
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Nembhard scored three points as soon as he came up, Portis scored two points inside, Beasley also scored three points, and the Bucks were 5-3 on the back. Siakam shook off Portis's dunk, a little excited, the referee couldn't look past it, and sent T directly, Middleton laughed at 1 point and then scored another 2 points on a jumper, Beverley scored 4 points in a row, and the referee also sent a T. Haliburton scored six points with free throws, Portis threw in to stabilize the situation, and Turner scored three points to tie the game at 14. Middleton scored on a throw, and Nesmith responded with a three-pointer to make it a one-point deficit. Portis and Nembhard got stuck in the basket and pushed each other, Portis punched each other's heads and expelled them directly, the house leak happened to rain overnight, boxing champion Portis thought to himself: "They don't fight, I don't fight, just three people can fight the landlord."
After the chaos ended, Middleton made 1 of 2 free throws, Connaughton and Da Lo scored back-to-back, Toppin scored 6 points in a row, and the Pacers led by 1 point. Jackson scored three points, the Bucks rebounded by 2 points, Shepard returned a three-point shot, Da Luo scored inside, Green also had a three-point, the Bucks led by 4 points, McDermott and Toppin hit three points one after another, Connaughton hit a shot, and the two sides tied at 33 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, McConaughey and Shepard scored one after another, and Gallinari, Middleton, and Crowder combined to score 2 points. Nesmith directly scored three points and colored, McConaughey, Siakam, and Turner took turns bombing the restricted area, and the Pacers led by 5 points with this offense, Da Luo put a basket for 2 points to stop the bleeding, Turner scored 5 points with free throws, and Jackson and Beasley responded with a 3-point difference. Haliburton scored in a row, Da Luo and Beasley chased points, Turner and Haliburton hit three points in succession, Siakam also made a layup, and the Bucks relied on Da Luo, Beasley, and Middleton to chase points. At halftime, the Pacers led 67-64.
Half-time stats: Nesmith 6 points, Siakam 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Turner 13 points and 5 boards, Nembhard 3 points and 6 assists, Haliburton 15 points and 3 assists, Shepard 6 points, Toppin 9 points, McConaughey 6 points and 5 assists, Middleton 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Portis 4 points and 3 boards, Da Lo 12 points and 5 boards, Beasley 10 points and 2 boards, Beverley 4 points and 2 assists, Connaughton 4 points and 3 assists, Jackson 6 points and 5 assists, Gallinari 6 points.
In the third quarter of the game, Haliburton hit three consecutive three-pointers as soon as he came up, and one made a wave of 9-2 to extend the difference to 10 points. Da Luo returned a three-point shot, Beasley made a 2-point jumper, but Siakam on the Pacers' side made a layup, Nembhard could also respond with three points, Green and Da Luo steadily output to chase points, Toppin threw a shot, Turner scored 5 points in a row on an inside and outside shot, and Middleton scored on a jumper, but Nesmith made a three-point shot through the heart, McConaughey scored a step-back jumper again, and Toppin also had a wave of 10-2 Pacers to expand the difference to 16 points. Beverley stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, Middleton scored two more points, Nembhard had a three-pointer, and Beverley made two free throws to give the Pacers a 98-85 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Da Luo came up and scored 5 points in a row, Nesmith made 2 free throws to stabilize the lead, and Middleton hit a jumper to bite the difference, but Turner scored 7 points in a row inside and out, directly helping the Trail Blazers lead to 14 points. Middleton scored 2 of 2 free throws, Nembhard scored consecutive layups in response, Da Luo, Beasley, and Middleton chased the points, Siakam scored 5 points with free throws, 16 points! Beasley scored 2 points against the layup, and Turner received the ball and scored three points, which was simply worse, 17 points difference! The Bucks surrendered and directly replaced the bench lineup. In the end, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 126-113 and won the match point with a big score of 3-1!
Full-time data
Bucks: Middleton 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, Portis 4 points and 3 boards, Da Lo 27 points and 9 boards, Beasley 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Beverley 9 points and 4 assists, Jackson 6 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, Connaughton 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Green 8 points and 3 boards, Gallinari 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists
Pacers: Nesmith 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, Siakam 13 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, Nembhard 15 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Haliburton 24 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, McConaughey 8 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Toppin 13 points and 2 boards, Shepard 8 points and 2 boards, Myles Turner played quite well, starting 38 minutes, 10-of-17 shooting, 7-of-9 three-pointers, 2-of-6 free throws and 29 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks. Statistics show that Turner became the fourth player in the league in the past 20 years to score 7+ three-pointers and deliver 3+ blocks in a single playoff game, the previous three being Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard and Stephen Curry.
Summary: The two Bucks All-Star players were both absent in this game, and secondly, the boxing champion Portis was ejected from the game for his uncoolness, and the lineup was even more miserable! Middleton returned to the locker room with an ankle injury during the period, but fortunately, it was not a big problem! The Pacers' three-point shooting was open, and it was basically difficult not to win, and the team shot 22 of 43 three-pointers in this game, with a shooting rate of 51.2%. The big score is 3-1, Rivers: "I'm familiar with this big score, and it's not that it hasn't been reversed!"