At 6:40 on May 3, the NBA Eastern Playoffs G6 ushered in the focus of the battle! The Bucks came to the away court and faced the Pacers with a 2-3 unfavorable score. In the previous G5, the Bucks had saved a match point at home, and whether the suspense could continue this time has attracted much attention. Although the Pacers are in 6th place in the East, they have played bravely in the playoffs and have a tendency to climb the following levels. Although the Bucks are ranked 3rd in the East, after entering the playoffs, Brother Alphabet missed many games with injuries, resulting in passivity.
The gap between the two sides in the first half was obvious, and the Pacers blossomed more, and the home court advantage was even more obvious. In addition to the outstanding performance of the main team, the substitute players also had a brilliant performance. After Toppin and McConaughey came on the court, they had a good hand, and the two combined for 19 points, providing absolute support to the team in the rotation. On the Bucks' side, only Gallinari scored 1 point off the bench. The Bucks trailed in the first half with two consecutive quarters of 24-33 and 23-26, which made the game more difficult.
In the third quarter, despite Haliburton's poor outside hand, he broke through and scored on the pitch, and the assist statistics continued to rise. On the Bucks' side, Portis, Da Luo and others are looking forward to a more convincing performance. At the end of the third quarter, the Pacers ended with a wave of 8-0, and the score brought to 93-78, is there still suspense in the game?
In the final quarter, McConaughey grabbed the rebound and pulled it out to score 3 points. Connaughton didn't dare to shoot, and after Lillard made a strong break, he didn't score three points! Connaughton assisted Portis, and the three-point shot soared! Siakam missed three points, Portis made 1 of 2 free throws! McConaughey dodged Lillard's defense, scored 2 points on the rebound, and Lillard fouled and hit 2 free throws. Shepard hit a three-pointer to extend his advantage to 20 points and forced a timeout.
98-120! The Bucks declared a loss, and went out of the game with a big score of 2-4! McConaughey came off the bench to score 20 points and 9 assists on 7-of-9 shooting.