NBA

Indiana Pacers at Milwaukee Bucks

· NBA Cup - Group Play
6-10, 2-8 Away
Final
117 - 129

7-9, 6-3 Home

Antetokounmpo gets triple-double as surging Bucks beat slumping Pacers 129-117 in NBA Cup play

Giannis powers Bucks past Pacers with 37-point triple-double

Antetokounmpo had 22 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists Saturday in a 115-114 loss at Charlotte.

Damian Lillard had 24 points and 12 assists for the Bucks. Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 18 points and Bobby Portis added 17.

Pascal Siakam scored 25, Bennedict Mathurin 20 and Tyrese Haliburton 18 for the Pacers. Haliburton also had nine assists.

The Bucks have won three straight and five of six. The Pacers have lost three straight and five of six.

Milwaukee improved to 2-0 in NBA Cup action. Indiana, the tournament runner-up last season, is 0-2. Both are playing in East Group B.

Takeaways Pacers: Indiana won eight of 11 meetings with the Bucks last season, including a 4-2 victory in a first-round playoff series. Friday's game showed how much things have changed so far this year for the Pacers, who are struggling to recapture the form they showed on their run to the 2024 Eastern Conference finals.

Bucks: Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers acknowledged before the game the Bucks would have extra motivation in their first meeting with the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season. They sure played that way while never trailing all night.

Key moment After trailing by 20 with less than 10 minutes left, Indiana got the deficit down to 108-102 with 5:52 remaining. Antetokounmpo found Trent for a 3-pointer with 5:33 left. Antetokounmpo then blocked a shot from Mathurin to start a fast break, with Trent laying the ball off the glass to set Antetokounmpo up for a dunk.

Key stats The Bucks shot 17 of 36 from 3-point range.

Up next The Pacers host the Washington Wizards on Sunday. The Bucks host Charlotte on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

MIL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Bucks: 54.3%
Pacers: 45.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 116 - 129
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 116 - 129
4th 7.1 Chris Livingston makes dunk 116 - 129
4th 7.1 Chris Livingston offensive rebound 116 - 127
4th 7.1 Andre Jackson Jr. misses driving layup 116 - 127

Statistics

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43-91 FG 48-90
47.3 Field Goal % 53.3
11-34 3PT 17-36
32.4 Three Point % 47.2
20-27 FT 16-20
74.1 Free Throw % 80.0
46 Rebounds 44
14 Offensive Rebounds 10
32 Defensive Rebounds 34
30 Assists 33
11 Steals 10
6 Blocks 4
15 Turnovers 17
1 Team Turnovers 1
16 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
25 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 37
26 Fast Break Points 21
60 Points in Paint 50
17 Fouls 19
0 Largest Lead 25

Game Information

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2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 17 1 .944 - W2
Milwaukee 8 9 .471 8.5 W4
Indiana 7 10 .412 9.5 W1
Chicago 7 11 .389 10 L1
Detroit 7 11 .389 10 L3
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