The Bucks beat the Pacers on Tuesday night without their top two scorers, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, and made history in the process.
A sold-out Milwaukee crowd, emboldened by the unlikely performance they had witnessed, chanted"Bucks in sev-en. Bucks in sev-en.", out of the lineup, making them the first team in NBA history to win a playoff game while missing their top two scorers from the regular season.led all scorers with 29 points and, along with Beverley, became the first trio in Bucks history to all post a double-double since 1981, according to research by ESPN Stats & Information.
"You could feel the energy in our film and in our walkthrough," Rivers said."We're coming to play and win tonight. You can feel it in the preparation, that was not a team walking through a walkthrough, thinking this was it. That's a team thinking they can win.
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