The Pacers played against the Bucks at home on January 4, Beijing time. At the end of the game, the Pacers successfully defeated the Bucks 142-130. Although the Pacers performed poorly after the NBA mid-season championship, the Pacers have gradually found their form and won a wave of 4 consecutive victories. The Pacers now rank sixth in the Eastern Conference with a record of 18 wins and 14 losses. As for the Bucks Although they ranked second in the Eastern Conference, the Bucks did not have an advantage in the match between the two teams. Moreover, the Bucks lost to the Pacers just the day before yesterday. Now that the two teams meet again not long ago, the Bucks must want to To avenge the Pacers, it will not be easy for the Pacers to win this time.
The Pacers hit a 6-0 run in the first quarter. Fortunately, Lillard and Beasley hit three-pointers, and Middleton also hit a mid-range shot. Therefore, the Bucks also clung to the score. After Beasley hit a three-pointer The Bucks once tied the score, and Smith responded with a three-pointer at the critical moment. The Pacers still led by 3 points. After the timeout, the Bucks' substitute players performed well, so the Bucks once completed the lead. Fortunately, Marcelin and Smith responded, and the Bucks were still 1 point behind. In the final stage, Toppin, Jackson and others helped the Pacers open the score. Connaughton hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, and Antetokounmpo also hit a layup. At the end of the first quarter, the Bucks trailed by 2 points. The two teams played fiercely in the second quarter, but later, under the leadership of Middleton, the Bucks took a 4-point lead, but the Pacers quickly responded. The score between the two teams was very stalemate. Later, Middleton and Lillard once helped the Bucks. The Bucks opened the score, Haliburton stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, and the Bucks led by 2 points at the end of the half.
In the third quarter, the Pacers fired a three-pointer to regain the lead. Brown also continued to score in the subsequent games, and the Pacers directly led by 8 points. After the timeout, the Bucks were unable to stop their decline. Smith scored with a dunk, and Haliburton also hit a three-pointer. At the critical moment, Lopez scored a tip-in to stop the bleeding. In the next game, although Lillard once dunked on Turner, Hill Germany and others counterattacked, and the Pacers continued to expand their lead. At the end of the three quarters, the Bucks trailed by 16 points. The Bucks were originally close to the score at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but Hield hit a three-pointer later. After the Bucks made a mistake, Jackson dunked and the Pacers also led by 18 points. Antetokounmpo finally scored to stop the bleeding. Haliburton made 3 +1 responded. Antetokounmpo and Lillard later helped the Bucks catch up to 10 points. Although the Bucks did not give up the game later, due to Haliburton's performance, the Pacers still defeated the Bucks in an upset.
The Pacers still maintained a good momentum in this game, and Haliburton really didn't give a chance. Although the Pacers once held a big lead in the fourth quarter, due to the performance of Lillard and Antetokounmpo Next, the Bucks once regained the suspense of the game, but at the critical moment Haliburton showed his star quality. At that time, Haliburton had just hit a three-pointer, and later assisted Turner to hit a three-pointer. He also relied on This wave of attacks on the Pacers completely defeated the Bucks. At the end of the game, Haliburton had 31 points, 2 rebounds and 12 assists. Toppin had 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists. Turner had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Marcelin had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. 16 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.
On the other hand, Antetokounmpo did not try his best in this game. Unfortunately, Antetokounmpo's offensive ability is single, so it is difficult to count on Antetokounmpo to save the team alone. At the end of the game, Antetokounmpo scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Lillard's offensive status improved in this game, but Lillard was still sluggish on the outside. At the end of the game, Lillard scored 23 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, including three points from outside. 2 of 8, and Lillard should have seen the gap between himself and Haliburton from this game. You must know that Haliburton's performance in the first three quarters was not very impressive, but in the fourth quarter, Haliburton Liberton took over the game, but Lillard did not do such a thing. It can be said that Lillard completely defeated Haliburton in these two games against the Pacers.
