With the victory, the Bucks took an advance of a match on Indiana within the race for fourth place within the classification of the Japanese Convention
Milwaukee – Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 34 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists earlier than enchanting and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Indiana Pacers 126-119 Saturday night.
After following 105-84 with 11 minutes to do, Indiana made a frantic return and lowered Milwaukee’s advance to 122-119 on the 3-point pointer from Andrew Nembhard with 12.5 seconds. The Bucks had led 117-106 when Antetokounmpo had defeated with 2:46.
Prince Taurean and Kevin Porter Jr. went 4 out of 4 on the makes an attempt to launch frank within the final straight line to protect the victory of the Bucks.
Damian Lillard added 25 factors, 10 rebounds and eight assists whereas the Bucks (38-28) took an advance of a match on Indiana within the race for the fourth place within the Japanese Convention classification and the benefit of the sphere at dwelling within the first spherical of the playoffs.


The Bucks went 3-1 towards the Pacers this season and had the tie equality break in the event that they find yourself with the identical file.
Aaron Nesmith scored 30, Pascal Siakam 26 and Tyrese Haliburton 24 for the Pacers. Haliburton additionally collected 15 assists to match its prime of the season.
The 2 groups met 4 nights after the sport of 4 Haliburton factors with 3.4 seconds to play gave the pacers a 115-114 Victory On the {dollars} in Indiana. This created an environment of the eliminatory sort on Saturday with a fiery crowd that steadily onanting the Pacers.


Take -out
Pacers: play one night time after a 112-100 triumph In Philadephie, the Pacers may have launched after having lagged behind by 21 within the fourth quarter. Quite, they introduced it down over.
Bucks: Milwaukee received two consecutive video games to bounce again after a scrap of three video games.


Key moments
Prince made a couple of large video games within the part to assist the Bucks survive. He made a 3 -point with 1:50 to do after the Indiana lowered the advance to 6. Prince additionally went 4 out of 4 of the fault line within the final 18.2 seconds.
Key statistics
Milwaukee pulled 54.4% to assist bucks resist 15 reversals.


The subsequent
The Bucks welcome the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on Sunday to the west head. The Pacers go to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday.
Milwaukee 126, Indiana 119
Indiana (119) – Nesmith 11-16 2-2 30, Siakam 12-22 0-1 26, Turner 4-13 4-4 14, Haliburton 9-16 4-5 24, Nembhard 3-7 0-0 7, Toppin 3-9 0-1 8, Bryant 0-1 0-0 0, Mathurin 2-3 0-0 6, McConnell 2-8 0-0 4, Sheppard 0-0 0. Totals: 46-96 10-13 119.
Milwaukee (126) – Antetokounmpo 14-19 6-6 34, Kuzma 4-11 0-0 8, Lopez 4-5 1-1 10, Lillard 7-15 5-5 25, Prince 4-6 4-4 14, Porter Jr. 3-7 9-9 16, Sims 0-0 0-0 0, Inexperienced 2-7 0-1 6, Jackson Jr. 0-0 0-0 0 0, TRENT JR. 5-9 0-0-0 13. Totals: 43-79 25-26 126.
Indiana 30 30 22 37 – 119
Milwaukee 38 27 35 26 – 126
3 -point objectives –Indiana 17-43 (Nesmith 6-7, Mathurin 2-2, Haliburton 2-6, Toppin 2-6, Siakam 2-7, Turner 2-10, Nembhard 1-2, Bryant 0-1, McConnell 0-1, Sheppard 0-1), Milwaukee 15-37 (Lillard 6-12, Trent Jr. 1-1, Porter Jr. 1-4, Kuzma 0-4). Inspired –Indiana none, Milwaukee 1 (Antetokounmpo). Rebounds_Indiana 32 (Siakam 7), Milwaukee 45 (Antetokounmpo, Lillard 10). Assist –Indiana 29 (Haliburton 15), Milwaukee 28 (Lillard 8). Whole faults –Indiana 15, Milwaukee 16. A-17,729 (17,500).