Gary Trent Jr. tied a franchise playoff record with nine triples and scored 37 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo also had 37 and the Milwaukee Bucks used a great second half to beat Indiana 117-101 on Friday night and cut the series of the Pacers series.
The Pacers led 57-47 in the half time, but Trent connected three 3 tweezers at the beginning of the third to get the bucks even 62. The Bucks obtained an advantage of 72-69 in the three-point play of Antetokounmpo and led 86-75 at the end of the room.
The leadership grew to so many axis 20 in the room and Trent finished 9 by 12 behind the arch to tie the brand of the Ray Allen Hall for most triple in a postseason game.
Antekounmppo added 12 rebounds for Milwaukee, which organizes game 4 on Sunday. Aj Green scored 12 points and Bobby Portis had 10 for the Bucks, who taught the Pacers for the 18th time in the last two seasons.
Indiana won five of the last six playoff games among the teams and expelled the Bucks from the playoffs in the first round last season.
Pascal Siakam had 28 points and Aaron Nesmith scored 18 for the Pacers. Tyrese Haliburton finished with 14 points and 10 assists.
After passing through game 2, the Bucks obtained an early advantage. Antetokounmpo and Trent, which had a rare start, combined to score the first 21 Milwaukee points. No other Bucks player scored until Green sank a triple with 2:28 remaining in the first quarter.
Milwaukee triggered 4 by 23 from a 3 -point range in the first two rooms, but it was 11 by 18 after part time.
The star guard of the Bucks, Damian Lillard, was a seven -point hero in 2 of 12 shots. He made only 1 of 8 triples.
Associated Press reports.
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