On May 1, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs started hotly, and today the Pacers challenged the Bucks away, after the Bucks injured Lillard, they were beaten by the Pacers in two games in a row, and they are currently 1-3 behind.
Bucks starters: Middleton + Portis + Da Lo + Beasley + Beverley.
Pacers starters: Nesmith + Siakam + Turner + Nembhard + Haliburton
At the beginning of the game, Bucks center Da Luo announced the rhythm of the game with an opening dunk, and the two teams started very intensely, and the score was alternately leading, but in the second half of the game, the Pacers suddenly exploded, and the three-point string went in, while the Bucks could only rely on Middleton's 10 points in a single quarter, struggling to catch up, and at the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led 31-23.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Pacers' offense suddenly became dumb, how to shoot and how not, only scored 17 points in a single quarter, and the Bucks certainly did not give up this opportunity, under the leadership of Middleton and Beverley, the Bucks directly blasted out a wave of 30-17 offensive climax, overtaking the score in one fell swoop, and at halftime, the Bucks led by 5 points at 53-48.
The Bucks still did not give up the game without Antetokounmpo and Lillard, this spirit is very encouraging, but the game is not over yet, the Bucks still need to play steadily, try to withstand the Pacers' counterattack in the second half, and the Pacers need to die Middleton, can't let him score as he wants.
However, in the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and the Bucks played a super attack, especially under the leadership of Beasley, which directly broke the Pacers, and in the end, the Bucks defeated the Pacers 115-92 and pulled one back.
Full field data:
Pacers: Nesmith 7 points, 2 rebounds and 3 blocks, Siakam 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Turner 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Nembhard 12 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Haliburton 16 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Shepard 7 points and 3 rebounds, Toppin 12 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, McConaughey 6 points and 3 rebounds and assists, McDermott 3 points.
Bucks: Middleton 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Portis 29 points and 10 rebounds, Big Lopez 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, Beasley 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, Beverley 13 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists and 2
steals, Connaughton 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, Gallina
Leigh had 4 points and 6 rebounds.