The losing streak extended in a number of areas for the Indiana Pacers tonight, including their 10th straight against the Milwaukee Bucks with an active Giannis Antetokounmpo. As the Pacers continued to play shorthanded even for them, none of that should be a surprise, but it proved to be one of their best outings against Milwaukee even as Antetokounmpo pieced together a 50-point masterpiece.
The flow of the game took on a familiar tone from the outset. After going up 8-6, the Pacers surrendered an 8-0 run that put the Bucks up six. That pattern would play out throughout the game, as each push to put the game out of reach by Milwaukee was reeled in just enough to begin the process all over again.