Holiday, Portis and 23 3-pointers lead the Bucks, who played without Antetokounmpo against the Pacers

After the Miami Heat’s two losses, the Milwaukee Bucks returned to winning ways and defeated the Indiana Pacers 132-119 at the Fiserv Forum, despite also being denied the valuable services of Giannis Antetokounmpo for the third straight game, as well as Khris Middleton, Serge Ibaka and Joe Ingles.

Mike Budenholzer’s team turned the tide in the final period with 32:19 and ended the game with 23/46 3-point points. Jrue Holiday was the leading scorer for the Bucks with 35 points (8/11 two-pointers, 5/8 three-pointers, 4/4 shots), 4 rebounds and 11 assists, while Bobby Portis also put in a very good 21 points , 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The race

The first half of the game was dominated by TJ McConnell, who performed incredible on the pitch. The 30-year-old Pacers guard clocked a career-high 25 points at 16’32” without missing a shot (5/5 2-pointers, 4/4 3-pointers, 3/3 shots) while still dishing out 6 assists, racking up 3 rebounds and stealing the ball twice. Somehow, the visitors went to the dressing room after building an 11-point (65-76) difference.

With George Hill and Wesley Matthews helping a lot on defense, the Bucks managed to go 2 points (95-93) after a step back 3 pointer from Jrue Holiday 10.2 inches before the end of the third period come, but it was Brissett who said the last word, Indiana again gave a breather (93-98, 36′) with a buzzer-beater three-pointer.

The Stags were able to turn things around in the last twelve minutes and improved their record to 28:16 with a 39:21 run.

THE DODECALPTA: 32-38, 65-76, 93-98, 132-119

MILWAUKEE BUCKS (Mike Budenholzer): Connaughton 8 (2/5 trebles, 8 rebounds), Lopez 19 (3/5 trebles, 6 rebounds), Allen 17 (3/7 trebles, 5 rebounds, 4 assists), Holiday 35 (8/11 2-pointers, 5/8 3-pointers, 4/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 11 assists)Carter 1, Portis 21 (3/6 trebles, 11 rebounds, 4 assists), Noora 14 (4/4 trebles, 6 rebounds), Green 6 (2/6 trebles), Hill 9 (1/3 trebles, 6 assists) . , 3 steals), Matthew 2

INDIANA PACERS (Rick Carlisle): Nesmith 7 (1), Turner 30 (5/9 threes, 8 rebounds, 4 blocks), Nebhardt 7 (1/6 threes, 9 assists, 4 turnovers), Hield 18 (5/10 threes, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Smith 2, Brissett 5 (1/1 3-pointers, 7 rebounds), McConnell 29 (7/12 2-pointers, 4/4 3-pointers, 3/3 shots, 5 rebounds, 9 assists ). , 3 steals), Mathurin 12 (8 rebounds), Duarte 6 (2), Jackson 3

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 25/45 2-pointers, 23/46 3-pointers, 13/15 shots, 49 rebounds, 32 assists, 9 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers, 14 fouls

Indiana Pacers team stats: 24/45 2-pointers, 19/40 3-pointers, 14/15 shots, 38 rebounds, 29 assists, 6 steals, 5 blocks, 15 turnovers, 17 fouls