Looking to secure a winning homestand, the Pacers headed to halftime trailing the Milwaukee Bucks, 52-47.
Caris LeVert scored five early points and Indiana and Milwaukee were tied at 8 minutes into Sunday's contest. But the Pacers subsequently missed six straight shots — all of them from beyond the 3-point arc — allowing the Bucks to reel off nine unanswered points to open up a lead.
The shots eventually started to fall, as LeVert, Chris Duarte, and Malcolm Brogdon all hit threes during a 9-2 Indiana run to climb within three. The Blue & Gold tied the game twice in the final minutes of the opening frame and had two looks at the rim at the end of the quarter to take the lead, but couldn't get either to fall, as the two teams entered the second quarter knotted at 26.