Not even the biggest of giants, Giannis Antetokounmpo, can save these Bucks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo He scored 54 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough. milwaukee buckslost 126-124. Indiana Pacers. The players from Indianapolis succeeded in making the Greek national team a part of history. Giannis became the first player to lose a game in which he shot 75% from the field and had 50 points and 10 rebounds (tonight 19/25).

Giannis may have been more motivated than usual after his controversial ouster the other day, so he likely wanted to create the absence from the start. Damian Lillard out with calf injury Today marks the seventh time in Antetokounmpo’s career that he has scored at least 50 points in a regular season game.and Khris Middleton (19 points) and Malik Beasley (13 points); On a side note, the Bucks managed to neutralize a strong start by the Pacers, who started with a commanding 27-9 lead.

Indiana University’s team once again played an offense-based game (scoring 120 or more points in five straight games), and the gamble paid off, although it wasn’t without its struggles. Unlike the Bucks, the Pacers played the game much more spread out among players. Tyrese Haliburton had 29 points and 10 assists, and Benedict Mathurin had 29 points and 10 assists. he added 26 points 11 reboundsand Myles Turner had 21 points and six rebounds. After Giannis started the exhibition, the Bucks used an 11-2 partial to cut the lead to just 66-60.

The Greeks scored 26 points in the first half despite Rick Carlisle’s efforts to stop them. “We had to deal with tremendous heat and players who were in top shape. We executed to the best of our ability and caused havoc on defense,” the Indiana coach said.

Antetokounmpo fell just one point short of his career high, but there were some shadows. Two turnovers at critical moments These were important evidence that he arrived completely exhausted in the final stages of the match. Giannis was ejected after not scoring for the remaining five minutes. There was no relief for Middleton as his missed release triple cost the team a sentence.