When the Bucks closed the Pacers’ result in six factors within the fourth quarter, Myles Turner took management with a one-man 8-0 run to crush Milwaukee’s hopes.
Turner hit seven of his 9 three-point makes an attempt, hitting two back-to-back to offer the Pacers a cushty 14-point cushion with 7:27 to go. It was his second straight sport with 29 factors because the 28-year-old heart tied his profession playoff excessive.
He needed to match a 27-point effort from Milwaukee’s personal candy capturing huge man, Brook Lopez, who shot 12 for 18 with Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo each out injured. His personal three-pointer bought the Bucks inside six earlier than Turner’s explosion.
Not solely did Turner outshoot Lopez, he threw down an emphatic dunk proper in Lopez’s face within the third quarter.
Indiana set a staff file with 22 three-pointers within the sport, with seven totally different gamers scoring from deep. Tyrese Haliburton hit 5 threes whereas Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard hit three. However it was Turner’s title that the Indiana crowd chanted repeatedly throughout his huge evening. Whereas he is periodically been in commerce rumors, Turner and town of Indianapolis have a particular bond.
They’re going to have an excellent deeper bond if the Pacers can put away the Bucks and win their first playoff sequence in a decade. Turner is prepared for the problem.
