Despite getting 29 points from T.J. McConnell off the bench, the Pacers lost a third-straight game without Tyrese Haliburton in the lineup and fourth overall, getting outscored 39-21 in the fourth quarter, which resulted in a 132-119 win for the Milwaukee Bucks.
The first quarter, in which the Pacers scored an impressive 38 points in what came to be a stark contrast to the second half, ended in a flurry — as T.J. McConnell answered a made three from AJ Green at one end of the floor with a lob pass to Isaiah Jackson in transition before stealing a bad pass from Bobby Portis and draining his second three of the quarter at the buzzer to put his team ahead by six.