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Milwaukee Bucks beat Indiana Pacers 110-102 for their first win as Tyler Herro has 23 points and 10 rebounds
Tyler Herro had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists as the Bucks rallied from 11 down at halftime and held the Pacers to 17 in the fourth for their first win.
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Tyler Herro had 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 110-102 at Fiserv Forum on Monday, October 26, for their first win of the season. Milwaukee came back from an 11-point halftime deficit and held Indiana to 17 points in the fourth quarter. The Bucks are 1-3, and the Pacers fell to 2-2.
Ryan Rollins scored 19 points, six of them in the fourth, and Kyle Kuzma added 17 on 6-of-10 shooting with four threes. Kel’el Ware had 16 points and 14 rebounds off the bench. Herro shot 7-of-14, made 3 of 6 threes and scored 11 of his points in the third quarter.
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How it turned
Indiana closed the first half strong. After trailing 29-24 late in the first quarter, the Pacers went on a 17-4 run that ran into the second, and they led 61-50 at halftime after Tyrese Haliburton hit a step-back three and Pascal Siakam scored in the final seconds.
Milwaukee won the third quarter 34-24. Rollins tied the game at 71 with 5:33 left in the period, and the teams traded the lead from there. Nate Ament’s three with 47 seconds left put the Bucks up 84-82, but Haliburton answered with another step-back three, and Indiana led 85-84 going into the fourth.
The Pacers scored one point in the first 4:47 of the fourth quarter. Ament’s running dunk with 10:08 left broke an 86-86 tie and put Milwaukee ahead for good, and Ware and Ament scored the rest of an 8-0 run that made it 94-86. Rollins scored twice in a row to push the lead to 101-92 with 5:27 left.
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Siakam scored six straight points, two baskets and two free throws, to cut it to 101-98 with 3:54 left. Kasparas Jakučionis hit a three off a Myles Turner pass with 2:19 left, and Kuzma’s three from Herro with 1:53 left made it 108-100.
The numbers
Milwaukee outrebounded Indiana 61-48 and grabbed 16 offensive rebounds. Both teams made 13 threes, the Bucks on 44 attempts and the Pacers on 48. Turner scored only 6 points but had 9 rebounds and 4 blocks and finished plus-14. Indiana shot 39-of-96 from the field.
Indiana’s side
Haliburton led the Pacers with 22 points, 9 assists and 6 rebounds on 8-of-17 shooting, including 4 of 10 from three. Siakam had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Obi Toppin scored 14 off the bench, Aaron Nesmith had 13, and Jarace Walker added 10 points and 8 rebounds. Indiana played without Ivica Zubac (ankle), Andrew Nembhard (back), T.J. McConnell (hamstring), Ben Sheppard (knee) and Johnny Furphy (knee).
What’s next
The Pacers host the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Bucks host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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