At 6:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 8, the NBA regular season matchup was in full swing, with the Milwaukee Bucks sitting at home to face the Indiana Pacers. This game is not an ordinary regular season, but the semi-finals of the mid-season tournament, and the game is still very golden. Regarding the midseason, Lillard said bluntly: "The midseason doesn't feel like the playoffs because it's not like you're going home if you lose. But it's definitely more intense and caring than in the regular season, I just have to take the money. This offseason, Lillard moved from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks, and formed a "word list duo" with Brother Alphabet, the two are very compatible, and Lillard can just make up for the shortcomings of Brother Alphabet's lack of projection. When he first came to the Bucks, he went through a period of struggle, and now he is getting better and better.
Prior to this game, the Bucks had a 15-6 record and ranked second in the East, while they had a 10-1 record at home, which is quite a good win rate. On the other side, the Pacers, with an 11-8 record, ranked 6th in the East, as one of the league's super dark horses in the new season, the Pacers have strong offensive firepower, and they can average 128 per game4 points, far ahead of the league, its average assists, shooting percentage, and offensive efficiency are all ranked first. Haliburton, the star of the game, has improved rapidly this season, and so far this season, Haliburton has averaged 34 games per gameIn 3 minutes, I can get 269 points 40 rebounds 119 assists 24 turnovers, the assist-to-loss ratio is extremely high. In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, and the Pacers sent out:
Haliburton, Turner, Hield, Toppin and Bruce Brown, the Bucks sent out, Antetokounmpo, Lillard, Lopez, Beasley and Middleton. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Turner jumped the ball to win, the Pacers took the lead in getting the ball, Toping cut the basket and threw it to score, scoring the first goal of the game, Haliburton slipped on the bottom line and hit the basket easily, Da Lopez made a three-point confident shot at the top of the arc to penetrate the heart of the basket, and also opened for the Bucks. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, the two teams launched a battle against each other, the score was chasing me and taking the lead alternately, Brother Alphabet was aggressive, constantly hitting the basket to cause fouls, standing on the free throw line to score, and the Pacers Turner felt hot, shooting everything inside and outside.
Jackson forced a 2+1 attack under the basket, and Beasley scored a mid-range step-back jumper, and the first quarter ended, and the Bucks led the Pacers by 2 points at 29-27. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Portis turned and scored a layup after receiving the ball, helping the Bucks to take the next city, Brother Alphabet strode the meteor to hit the basket and colored, Marceline hit a difficult two-shot hollow shot, and Turner ate a two-handed slam dunk in the restricted area to ignite the audience. Not long after the second quarter of the game, the situation on the court was variable, the Pacers began to break the deadlock, widening the score gap, Toppin continued to shoot three-pointers, Haliburton burst into combination with darts and darts, the Bucks Lillard has not yet entered the state, Brother Alphabet is constantly fighting under the basket for layups, and his physical strength is also fast.
It didn't take long for the Pacers to extend the margin to double digits, and at halftime, the Pacers led the Bucks by 12 points at 63-51. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Lillard hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, opening the third quarter of the game, Middleton also had a bow and arrow outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, Lillard and Brother Alphabet successively hit the Pacers restricted area to cause damage, stood on the free throw line to score, Haliburton flew to the basket and scored easily, Lillard suddenly broke out, and three consecutive three-pointers exploded at the beginning of the third quarter, leading the Bucks to play a wave of offense and tie the score. After a period of time, the two teams fell into a long tug-of-war, and the difference between the points has remained within 8 points, and the Bucks became more and more courageous, once surpassing the Pacers by 8 points, but Nesmith hit a key three-pointer at the whistle.
At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks led the Pacers by five points at 94-89. In the final quarter of the battle, the Pacers achieved a comeback with a wave of 8-1 small climax, the Bucks then won 5-0 to regain the advantage, the Pacers played a wave of 9-2 at the end of the game to open the difference, with an 8-point lead into the final half minute, the Bucks couldn't chase the points, and the Bucks suddenly lost fire in the last quarter, and Brother Alphabet was also targeted, and in the end, the Pacers defeated the Bucks 128-119 and advanced to the midseason finals.
In terms of statistics, on the Pacers' side, Tyrese Haliburton had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 15 assists;Myles Turner had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks;Obi Toppin had 14 points and 6 rebounds;Isaiah Jackson had 11 points and 6 rebounds;Bruce Brown had 10 points and 3 rebounds;Bennedict Mathurin had 9 points and 6 rebounds;TJ McConnell 9 points, 4 assists, 3 steals;Buddy Hield had 8 points, 11 rebounds and 2 steals;Andrew Nembhard 8 points;Aaron Nesmith 6 points. On the Bucks' side, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and 10 rebounds;Damian Lillard had 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assistsChris Middleton 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals;Brook Lopez had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks;Malik Beasley had 7 points and 3 rebounds;Marjon Beecham had five points and six rebounds. Hundreds of spectators