Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points and the Bucks had 85 first-half points and the Pacers' second half-comeback wasn't enough Friday.
fell behind by more than 30 in the first half and their wild comeback fell short in an 141-131 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The Bucks made 16 of 27 first-quarter field goals, including 9 of 16 3-pointers, in the first quarter then kept rolling to finish the first half 33 of 52 from the field and 13 of 24 for 3 for 85 points. They posted 32 points in the paint, an incredible 1.48 points per possession. They had five players in double figures in the first 24 minutes with Middleton scoring 17 and Antetokounmpo 15. Jrue Holiday, Brook Lopez and reserve Jevon Carter had 10 each. The Bucks led by as many as 33 points.
"It was a difficult and ugly start to the game," Carlisle said."I just think we've gotta make a stand as a team and just decide that we're gonna compete better at the start of games. Milwaukee is talented. Giannis is great. Holiday's great. Middleton is a hell of a player. It just can't be coming out of halftime and being embarrassed and deciding at that point to really start competing at the highest possible level that we can compete. We gotta fix this.
"The coaches got after us because the starts that we've been getting off to are just atrocious," McConnell said."We're not gonna be a team that is a moral victory team. We played great in the second half but it's already too late. We fought hard, but we lost and it's because of the way we started. We've proven in the second half we can play with them, but like Myles said, the starts have to be better.
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