Doc Rivers believes in his Milwaukee Bucks facet regardless of them falling down 2-0 of their collection towards the Indiana Pacers.
The Milwaukee Bucks misplaced their second straight sport towards the Indiana Pacers. The 2021 NBA champions now discover themselves down 2-0 of their first-round collection.
Damian Lillard made his return after affected by deep vein thrombosis, scoring 14 factors. Very similar to Danny Inexperienced predicted, Lillard’s return wasn’t sufficient to spur the Bucks to victory.
Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared thrilled to see Lillard return earlier than the sport. However after this loss, Antetokounmpo may very well be considering his future with the Bucks.
The Milwaukee Bucks are on the verge of getting swept by the Indiana Pacers. Nevertheless, Doc Rivers isn’t able to throw within the towel but.
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Doc Rivers spoke after Sport 2 between the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers. Regardless of being down 2-0, Rivers isn’t able to again down.
He famous that till the collection is actually wrapped, it will be unfair to low cost the Bucks, particularly given the gamers they’ve accessible to them.
“We’ll should see. We’ve obtained time, we now have 48 hours. I’m not going to let you know what I’m doing proper now as a result of I don’t know. However I’m very assured about this collection, very assured.”
Clearly, Rivers doesn’t fear an excessive amount of about how the Bucks would possibly fare towards the Pacers. They actually again themselves to return again and advance.
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The Bucks aren’t any strangers to being down 2-0 in a collection. Most famously, they went down 2-0 to the Phoenix Suns within the 2021 NBA Finals, solely to win 4 straight to win the NBA championship.
So there’s proof that the Bucks can come again from such a deficit. However the Bucks have additionally been within the place of being behind the Pacers.
Final yr, the Indiana Pacers handily defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, regardless of the Bucks having dwelling court docket.
This yr, with not dwelling court docket benefit, it’s onerous to see the Bucks overcoming the deficit they’ve proper now. However the Bucks can’t be summarily dismissed.
