The bad losses continue to pile up for the Indiana Pacers, losing to a heavily short-handed Milwaukee Bucks team on the road. The Bucks, already absent Giannis Antetokounmpo to health and safety protocol, made Khris Middleton a late scratch, but Indiana failed to capitalize even a little bit, falling apart down the stretch for the latest in a season full of “worst loss of the year.”
The Bucks fully recognized their situation whereas the Pacers simply did not. Milwaukee outworked Indiana on both ends of the floor, blowing the game wide open in the fourth quarter after what had largely been a back-and-forth affair.