At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on May 1, the first round of the NBA playoffs is in full swing, and the Milwaukee Bucks are sitting at home to face the Indiana Pacers. Before this game, the Pacers led the Bucks 3-1, which was a bit unexpected. Because whether it is from the regular season record or from the team's own book strength, the Bucks are undoubtedly the stronger team, and they have more playoff experience than the Pacers, the Pacers are only a young dark horse team, the star Haliburton, but it is also the first time to participate in the playoffs. Still, the Pacers were able to dominate the series, and the main reason for that was obvious was that the Bucks' injuries were too severe.
Brother Alphabet has been injured since the end of the regular season, did not play a game in the playoffs, and Lillard himself has the impact of an Achilles tendon injury, and the injury has become more and more serious in the playoffs, and now it has reached the point where he cannot play, so it can be said that it is difficult for the Bucks to break out of the first round of the playoffs. Before the game, head coach Doc Rivers encouraged: "I'm telling you, it's a really good team. We know we still have a lot of work to do, we're not in a fit at the moment, we're facing a lot of injuries and so on, but man, I love every second of being with this team and even though we're going to lose, we're really good overall. ”
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Bucks sent Middleton, Big Lopez, Beasley, Beverley and Portis, and Antetokounmpo and Lillard are still absent. On the Pacers' side, Nesmith, Siakam, Turner, Nembhard, Haliburton. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the Bucks jumped to win, took the lead in getting the ball to launch the first attack, Da Lopez rushed into the basket is a one-handed split dunk stunning, scored the first goal of the game, Nembhard with the help of cover to the low post, emergency stop jump shot steady hit, also opened for the Pacers, Haliburton arc top three fire arrow through the heart, Middleton flank outside dry pull also hit, Turner arc top three-point shot continued to win, Middleton was not to be outdone, and then soared into a large three-pointer.
Entering the middle of the first quarter, the Pacers began to take the initiative, Turner overwhelmed the group and made a strong rebound, Nembhard moved sideways and hit a step-by-step jumper, Turner turned over and threw into the center of the net, and the Pacers once took a double-digit lead. At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers led the Bucks by eight points at 31-23. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Shepard hit a low back-to-back board to help the Pacers take the lead, Beverley made an emergency stop at the free throw line, and also opened for the Bucks. The Bucks were all soldiers, and a wave of counter-attacks equalized the score.
On the contrary, on the Pacers' side, they suddenly couldn't play, and the offensive end fell into a scoring drought, scoring only 17 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Bucks surpassed the Pacers by 5 points at 53-48. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Haliburton slipped the bottom line and made a smart rebound, opening the third quarter of the game, Middleton used the cover, 45-degree angle three-point shot into the center of the net, Portis also scored a strong attack under the basket, Turner used his dream feet in the penalty area to shake off the opponent, flew to the basket and scored two points, McConnell raided the restricted area and rampaged. Entering the middle of the third quarter, the Bucks playing at home became more and more courageous, Beasley and Beverley repeatedly blossomed outside the three-point line, Portis and Middleton also scored a series of strong baskets, and the Pacers completely collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks led the Pacers by as many as 20 points at 87-67. In the final quarter, Beasley continued to score points with a good hand, and the Bucks played another wave of 8-0 in the quarter to stretch the difference to 27 points, the game entered garbage time, and the outcome completely lost suspense, and in the end, the Bucks defeated the Pacers with a strong momentum 115-92 in the absence of Lillard and Brother Alphabet's double core, and forcibly continued their lives. I don't know if the G6 word combination will play.
In terms of statistics, on the Pacers' side, Tyres Haliburton had 16 points and 6 assists, Pascal Siakam had 12 points, Myles Turner had 13 points and 5 rebounds, Andrew Nembhard had 12 points and 5 assists, and Obi Toppin had 12 points and 5 rebounds. On the Bucks' side, Chris Middleton had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, Bobby Portis had 29 points and 10 rebounds, Malik Beasley had 18 points and 5 rebounds, Patrick Beverley had 13 points and 12 assists, a game-high plus/minus of +36, and Brooke Lopez had 12 points.