National Basketball Association
Indiana 113, Milwaukee 97
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials: #75 Ashley Moyer-Gleich, #58 Josh Tiven, #56 Mark Ayotte
Attendance: 17070

Thaddeus Young scored 25 points and Myles Turner added 23 points and the Indiana Pacers led wire-to-wire in a 113-97 win over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night in Indianapolis.

Young added 11 rebounds, four assists and five steals as Indiana won its fifth straight game and avenged a 118-101 loss in Milwaukee's first game in their new arena in October.

Victor Oladipo was back in the Pacers lineup after missing the past 11 games with right knee soreness. Oladipo scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds to go along with six assists.

His presence gave the Pacers a spark.

Milwaukee entered the game with the league's No. 1 scoring offense, averaging 118.9 points per game. Indiana was the league's stingiest defense, allowing a league-low 101.4 points per game.

On this night, defense won out. The Pacers held the Bucks to just 41.3 percent from the floor. Milwaukee came into the game averaging 40 3-point attempts per game. On Wednesday, the Bucks made just 11 of 43 from beyond the arc.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-low 12 points. Antetokounmpo did record 10 rebounds and seven assists, but shot only 4 of 7 from the field.

Eric Bledsoe led Milwaukee with 26 points. Brook Lopez chipped in with 15 points.

The Pacers started off on fire, connecting on nine of their first 12 shots. Bojan Bogdanovic's 27-foot, 3-pointer put the Pacers up 22-9 in the first.

Bledsoe scored eight of the next 10 Milwaukee points as the Bucks cut the gap to 22-19 as the Pacers went cold and hit just three of their next 12 shots.

Indiana still held a 29-23 lead after one quarter.

The Pacers put the game out of reach early in the second period with a 14-4 run. Doug McDermott's 3-pointer gave Indiana a 43-27 lead.

The Pacers would go up by 21 early in the third and never look back.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Milwaukee   Indiana
Eric Bledsoe 26 Scoring Thaddeus Young 25
Giannis Antetokounmpo 7 Assists Darren Collison 7
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10 Rebounds Thaddeus Young 11
Giannis Antetokounmpo 3 Free Throws Made Thaddeus Young 6
Eric Bledsoe 2 Steals Thaddeus Young 5
Brook Lopez 4 Blocks Myles Turner 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Milwaukee 97 41.8 11-43 10-15 22 43 6 6 13
Indiana 113 47.3 12-30 15-20 31 54 4 7 16
Upcoming Games
  • Indiana will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Pacers have a W/L % of .588 after a win and .727 after a loss.
  • Milwaukee will play their next game on the road against Cleveland. The Bucks have a W/L % of .526 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.