Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from 92-89 loss to Indiana Pacers

The Milwaukee Bucks lost the season series to the Indiana Pacers with a loss on Monday night, in spite of chances to win late on.

After an outstanding comeback win against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t complete another comeback to secure what would have been a crucial win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday.

Falling by a margin of three-points, Indiana’s win secured a 3-1 advantage in the season series against Milwaukee, and the tiebreaker if required to sort final playoff seeding.

With both teams having played highly competitive games the previous night, Monday’s game was more war of attrition than free-flowing basketball.

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Ultimately a red-hot three-point shooting night from the Pacers, and particularly Bojan Bogdanovic (29 points on 9-of-13 from the field, 5-of-7 from deep), proved to be the difference in the game.

The Pacers again did an excellent job of stifling Giannis Antetokounmpo, who in spite of an impactful performance overall managed to score just 18 points.

Although, the entire story could have been very different if Antetokounmpo had been able to knock down either of the shots he missed in the game’s final 30 seconds.

With all of that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the individual contributions and hand out grades for Milwaukee’s players from Monday night.