Rivals jockey for playoff positioning in the eastern conference will match when Indiana Pacers hosted Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday evening in Indianapolis.
It will be the second night of a back-to-back set for Pacers, who lost their third match in a row Monday evening, 121-103 to the host Chicago Bulls without Tyrese Haliburton, which did not play due to a hip flexor team.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle drew his starters during the third quarter. Chicago won the second quarter 40-21 after the match was tied after the first, and Bulls grew the lead to 24 points with about two minutes left in the third.
“The second quarter was killed,” Carlisle said. We are inconsistent. … the second quarter is not acceptable; We have to do better. Our main guys must do better. And I have to do better. “
Milwaukees Momentum ended over the weekend when the team lost both ends of a home-back-to-back 11-109 to Orlando Magic and 112-100 against Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Bucks had won eight of nine matches before the ski with two games.
Secondly, the game in a row was the lack of ball movement The key to the loss for Bucks Coach Doc Rivers.
“You don’t win when the ball stops. I don’t care who it is – ball movement, trust, it lifts your whole team, and I just didn’t think we did it tonight,” Rivers said. “As you move the ball more, the shots become easier for the guys who take them.”
Milwaukee is 0-9 this season against Cleveland, Boston Celtics and New York Knicks, the East’s three best teams. This is the second of a distance of eight straight matches for bucks against teams with a winning record.
On the injury front, Haliburton has missed the last three games after missing only one of the previous 60 matches this season. Carlisle said before the Bulls game that Haliburton is close to returning.
For Milwaukee, Chris Livingston (illness) and Bobby Portis (suspension) will miss Tuesday’s game. Damian Lillard (right groin) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (calf) are probably listed, with Pat Connaughton (calf) is doubtful.
Milwaukee has taken the first two games in the four-game series this season: 129-117 on November 22 in Milwaukee and 120-112 at comeback mode on New Year’s Eve in Indianapolis.
In the last game, Antetokounmpo led the road with 30 points along with 12 returns. Brook Lopez added 16 points, and the now departed Khris Middleton (traded to Washington) received 15. Bennedict Mathurin led Indiana with 25.
Bucks would pass the season series and potentially an important playoffs tiebreaker with a victory. The two teams will meet again Saturday in Milwaukee.
On the state sheet, Indiana stands out for its speed and efficiency and is ranked as third in the total field target percentage (48.9) and bound for others at average speed (4.4).
Milwaukee, one of the oldest teams in the NBA, even though they are younger after the trade deadline, stands out beyond the arch of 38.3 percent (third).
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