Rivals jockeying for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference will match up when the Indiana Pacers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
It will be the second night of a back-to-back set for the Pacers, who lost their third game in a row Monday night, 121-103 to the host Chicago Bulls without Tyrese Haliburton, who didn't play because of a hip-flexor strain.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle pulled his starters in the third quarter. Chicago won the second quarter 40-21 after the game was tied after the first, and the Bulls grew the lead to 24 points with about two minutes left in the third.
"The second quarter killed," Carlisle said. We're inconsistent .... The second quarter is not acceptable; we've got to do better. Our main guys have got to do better. And I've got to do better."
Milwaukee's momentum ended over the weekend when the team lost both ends of a home back-to-back -- 111-109 to the Orlando Magic and 112-100 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. The Bucks had won eight of nine games before the two-game skid.
Milwaukee has taken the first two games of the four-game series this season: 129-117 on Nov. 22 in Milwaukee and 120-112 in comeback fashion on New Year's Eve in Indianapolis.
The Bucks would clinch the season series and potentially a key playoff tiebreaker with a victory. The two teams will meet again Saturday in Milwaukee.
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Rivals jockeying for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference will match up when the Indiana Pacers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.
It will be the second night of a back-to-back set for the Pacers, who lost their third game in a row Monday night, 121-103 to the host Chicago Bulls without Tyrese Haliburton, who didn't play because of a hip-flexor strain.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle pulled his starters in the third quarter. Chicago won the second quarter 40-21 after the game was tied after the first, and the Bulls grew the lead to 24 points with about two minutes left in the third.
"The second quarter killed," Carlisle said. We're inconsistent .... The second quarter is not acceptable; we've got to do better. Our main guys have got to do better. And I've got to do better."
Milwaukee's momentum ended over the weekend when the team lost both ends of a home back-to-back -- 111-109 to the Orlando Magic and 112-100 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. The Bucks had won eight of nine games before the two-game skid.
Milwaukee has taken the first two games of the four-game series this season: 129-117 on Nov. 22 in Milwaukee and 120-112 in comeback fashion on New Year's Eve in Indianapolis.
The Bucks would clinch the season series and potentially a key playoff tiebreaker with a victory. The two teams will meet again Saturday in Milwaukee.
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