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Milwaukee Bucks 126 – Indiana Pacers 119 (Mar. 15th, 2025) Game Recap
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(MILWAUKEE, WI) – The Milwaukee Bucks (38-28) claim the season series over the Indiana Pacers (37-29) behind Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dominating performance.
1. First Quarter
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On Tuesday night, a miraculous four-point play from Tyrese Haliburton elevated the Pacers over the Milwaukee Bucks. For majority of the last meeting, the game was between four points on either side. Indiana’s starting lineup was the usual crew – Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Aaron Nesmith, Pascal Siakam, and Myles Turner. The first six minutes consisted of the Bucks possessing the lead until the Pacers hit three consecutive triples. Haliburton hit two and then Turner’s first three of the game put the Pacers on top 18-15. Turner would tie the game up a few possessions later at 20 with two free throws. Milwaukee caught fire in the next three minutes to take the first double figure lead with a Damien Lillard thirty-footer to make it 35-25. Indiana would make minor improvements the final 2:09 of the quarter. After twelve minutes, Indiana trailed Milwaukee 38-30. Giannis Antetokounmpo was a perfect 6/6 from the field, leading all scorers with 12 points. Indiana’s leading scorer was Turner with 9 points and Haliburton with 8 points. Indiana struggled defensively, allowing Milwaukee to shoot 14/20 (70%) from the field and 4/8 from the three-point line.
2. Second Quarter
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Milwaukee’s torrid start would continue to the start of the second quarter. Indiana’s bench unit has not been as dynamic as last season, and the Bucks feasted off the Pacers bench unit to start the second quarter. Milwaukee scored the first 11 points of the quarter with another Lillard three extending the advantage to a first half high 19 points. Indiana countered the run with an 11-0 run to bring it back to an eight-point game. Nembhard’s layup with 6:28 left in the half made it a 49-41 ballgame. The Bucks did answer, but the Pacers were hanging in there with this game being the biggest of the season because of Siakam and Obi Toppin. Those two scored combined the final 17 points of the half. Indiana’s deficit at intermission was 65-60 after closing the quarter with an 8-2 run. Siakam led all scorers in the quarter with 17 points. Milwaukee’s leading scorers in the quarter were Giannis and Lillard with 6 points. Siakam led all scorers at halftime with 19 points, following by Antetokounmpo with 17 points. Haliburton’s double-double streak was nearly extended to nine games in the first half with 10 points and 8 assists. Giannis was two rebounds shy of a first half double-double, and Lillard was on track for a triple-double with 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists.
3. Third Quarter
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The third quarter was pretty much a repeat of what happened in the first quarter. With the starters on the floor, Indiana was hanging in there, but the bench could not keep the Pacers in the game. Giannis would extend the Milwaukee lead to ten points with 9:52 left in the quarter, but Indiana drew within five two possessions later when Siakam nailed a three. Haliburton would cut into Milwaukee’s advantage a little bit later with a layup, to make it 84-80. Rick Carlisle then inserted Mathurin, McConnell, and Thomas Bryant with 4:46 left in the quarter. Indiana went ice cold from the moment on in the period. The Bucks outscored the Pacers 16-2 to close the quarter and head to the fourth with all the momentum. After three quarters, Milwaukee was leading 100-82. Antetokounmpo was unstoppable in the period, scoring 14 points while dishing out five assists. Indiana’s leading scorer in the quarter was Nesmith with 11 points. Antetokounmpo was leading all scorers after three quarters with 32 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists. Siakam was Indiana’s leading scorer with 22 points. Haliburton was Indiana’s most effective player with 16 points, 11 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals. In the third quarter, Milwaukee shot 13/18 (72.2%) from the field and 3/6 from three-point range. Indiana was just 2/8 in the third quarter beyond the arc.
4. Fourth Quarter
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Despite his bench struggling to close the third quarter, Rick Carlisle didn’t make any substitutions to start the final period. It led to Milwaukee extending its lead to a game high 21 points when Lillard delivered another deep three. At the time it was 105-84, and then Carlisle inserted Turner and Nesmith to play along McConnell, Sheppard, and Toppin. Coming out of the timeout, that group went on a quick 7-0 run with Turner scoring five of those points. With 8:12 left in the game, Carlisle went back to his starting five, hoping they would be able to make a drastic comeback. That group of players was able to make it a twelve points game with 6:29 left, but the Bucks scored five quick points to go back up by 17 with 5:47 left in the contest. For the most part, Indiana was out of the game, until Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled out with 2:46 remaining. Giannis exited with the score being 117-109. On the following possession, a Siakam floater made it a six-point game, the closest Indiana had been in the second half. Taurean Prince delivered an early dagger with a near thirty-foot three to extend Milwaukee’s lead back to nine points. Nesmith countered seven seconds later with his sixth three of the game. Milwaukee would have the ball with 1:35 left and Indiana forced them to miss a shot, but the Bucks corralled two offensive rebounds, effectively sealing the game. Nembhard delivered a three with 12.7 seconds left to make it 122-119, but the Bucks would close the game making their final four free throws. Indiana falls 126-119 to Milwaukee. Nesmith was the best player in the quarter with 13 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting, including 3/3 beyond the arc. Milwaukee’s leading scorer was Lillard with 8 points.
5. Top Performers
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Giannis Antetokounmpo (34p, 10r, 7a, 3b, 1s), Damian Lillard (25p, 10r, 8a), Kevin Porter Jr. (16p, 6r, 4a), Taurean Prince (14p, 4r, 5s), Gary Trent Jr. (13p, 4r, 3a), and Brook Lopez (10p). For Indiana, Aaron Nesmith (30p, 4r), Pascal Siakam (26p, 7r, 2b), Tyrese Haliburton (24p, 15a, 6r, 5s), and Myles Turner (14p, 4r). For tonight’s full box score, click here.
6. Notes
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- Indiana is now 37-29 and 16-19 away
- Indiana is 21-11 in 2025
- Indiana is 7-6 after the All-Star break
- Indiana has now lost 4 of the last 5 on the road games
- Indiana has allowed 120+ points in 5 of the last 6 road games
- Indiana loses season series to Milwaukee 3-1
- Indiana now trails Milwaukee by a game for fourth in the Eastern Conference
- Indiana still holds onto a one game lead over the Detroit Pistons for fifth
- Indiana is 4-7 on the second night of a back-to-back
- Indiana’s bench players were on average -20.6 in +/-
- Aaron Nesmith set a new career high with 30 points
- Aaron Nesmith 20+ points in 3 games this season
- Aaron Nesmith’s 6 threes tie a season high
- One shy of tying career high
- Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard were a team best +27 in +/-
- Bennedict Mathurin & T.J. McConnell were a team worst -31 in +/-
- Damian Lillard recorded his 14th double-double
- Damian Lillard scored 20+ points for the 45th time
- Damian Lillard recorded 5+ threes for the 15th time
- Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his 46th double-double on the season
- Giannis Antetokounmpo has scored 30+ points in 32 games
- Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled out for the 2nd time of the season
- Myles Turner is shooting 14/46 (30.4%) from three-point range this month
- Pascal Siakam recorded his 38th game with 20+ points
- Tyrese Haliburton recorded his 24th double-double on the season
- Tyrese Haliburton ties career high double-double streak at 9 games
- Ties franchise record for consecutive double-doubles with points & assists
- Haliburton has recorded 110 assists and 9 turnovers during stretch
- Tyrese Haliburton has recorded 15+ assists in 4 games this season
- Tyrese Haliburton has scored 20+ points in 23 games this season
7. Next Up
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Indiana will one day off and will conclude its three-game road trip in Minneapolis on Monday night. Pat Boylan will have the pregame coverage between the Indiana Pacers and Minnesota Timberwolves at 7:30pm. Mark Boyle and Eddie Gill will have the play-by-play at 8pm on 93.5/107.5 The Fan.
West Allis Fire demonstrates using Narcan for opioid overdoses
West Allis Fire Department Assistant Chief Armando Suarez Del Real illustrates how a Narcan nasal spray kit is administered in the event of an overdose.
The number of Milwaukee County residents who died from a drug overdose fell for a third year in 2025, which county officials say is a promising sign that more money spent on harm reduction, treatment and prevention efforts is working.
New data released April 21 show 387 overdose deaths across the county last year, down about 43% from their peak in 2022.
“The work is paying off,” Dr. Ben Weston, Milwaukee County’s chief health policy adviser, said at a news conference, touting the county’s vending machines stocked with Narcan and drug testing strips, as well as a state-sponsored data collection system that helps local health departments understand when and where overdoses occur.
Still, the hundreds of county residents who lost their lives last year to a drug overdose means that work isn’t close to done, officials say – especially as the drug landscape continues to change, presenting new challenges.
“We can’t let our foot off the gas quite yet,” said Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.
Drug mixing continues to drive lethal outcomes
Milwaukee County’s decline in overdose deaths is a trend mirrored across the state and the country, following years of climbing fatalities that were deemed a public health crisis.
The county will spend $111 million in opioid settlement funds over the next several years and is already putting what it has received to use, focusing on “reaching residents where they are,” said Jeremy Triblett, prevention integration manager with the Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services.
That includes initiatives like the harm reduction vending machines and also knocking on doors, providing county EMS workers with Narcan and seeking the opinions of people who use drugs to shape the county’s strategy.
But officials say they still see a concerning trend of combinations of drugs leading to overdose, particularly fentanyl being cut with stimulants such as cocaine. These mixes of drugs make it harder to reverse an overdose, said Dr. Wieslawa Tlomak, Milwaukee County’s chief medical examiner.
Nearly a third of all autopsies the medical examiner’s office conducted in 2025 were deaths by drug overdose, Tlomak said, and the majority involved multiple drugs. Data show the most common combinations were fentanyl and cocaine, cocaine and alcohol, and opoids and fentanyl.
Methamphetamines are also involved in more overdose deaths than a few years ago, Tlomak said.
For drug users, not knowing exactly what’s in the drug they are getting is one of the most dangerous elements of the current drug landscape, she said.
Fatal drug overdoses were most common among American Indian and Alaska Native residents in 2025, the data show, followed by Black residents. About two-thirds of fatal overdoses were in men, and the median age of death from an overdose was 49, a number that’s been climbing steadily since 2018.
Triblett said the county is focusing on how substances interact with cultural norms in different communities and that a community advisory board is convening to develop harm reduction messaging for specific populations. His team will also host a door-knocking event June 12 to reach new people across the county with prevention and treatment resources.
Madeline Heim covers health and the environment for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Contact her at 920-996-7266 or mheim@usatodayco.com.
Drone video shows dug‑up yard at former Michael Lock home
Drone video shows a dug‑up yard at a Milwaukee home once owned by Michael Lock, following a police search for possible homicide victims.
Milwaukee police on Monday, April 20, began digging up a home once owned by notorious Milwaukee drug dealer Michael Lock.
The dig marks another chapter in Lock’s long criminal history in Milwaukee, which has included convictions for homicide, drug dealing, kidnapping, torture and running a prostitution ring.
As of 6 p.m., April 20, police had partially dug up the concrete driveway and yard in Lock’s former home. Lock has been convicted of murders of other drug dealers whose bodies were found under concrete slabs at a different home he owned.
As the dig continues, here’s what to know about Lock:
Who is Michael Lock?
Lock was the head of a murderous criminal organization known as the “Body Snatchers” and one of the leading criminal operators in Milwaukee until his 2007 arrest.
Over the course of a decade, Lock’s organization sold large volumes of cocaine, tortured and killed other dealers, prostituted women across the Midwest and ran a mortgage fraud scheme.
A jury convicted Lock in July 2008 in the homicides of two drug dealers in 1999 and 2000, whose remains were found in 2005 under concrete slabs in the backyard of a home once owned by Lock at 4900 W. Fiebrantz Ave. He has also been found guilty of running a prostitution ring, various kidnapping and drug dealing charges and mortgage fraud.
Where is Michael Lock now?
Lock is is serving multiple terms of life in prison at Waupun Correctional Institution without the chance of parole.
Where are Milwaukee police digging on April 20?
Milwaukee police confirmed they are executing a search warrant at the home on 4343 N. 15th St. in Milwaukee’s north side. City tax records show the property is owned by Shalanda Roberts, formerly Shalanda Lock, Michael Lock’s former wife.
Why are police digging up the yard of Lock’s former home?
There has long been suspicion on the part of law enforcement that there are additional bodies buried under the yard. In 2011, police dug another Milwaukee yard looking for remains.
In that warrant 15 years ago, investigators said at least four victims are buried somewhere in Milwaukee. Before that, police had dug a half-dozen other yards. Police have found no remains in the other digs.
Who lives at the property now?
It is unclear if anyone currently lives at the North 15th Street property. Shalanda Roberts told the Journal Sentinel she owns the property where police are digging, but it is a rental and she lives out of state now.
She said she has no information on the dig and has not spoken to her former husband in years.
Read the Journal Sentinel’s past coverage on Michael Lock
The Journal Sentinel documented the case against Lock in a five-part investigative series, “The Preacher’s Mob,” published in 2009.
You can read the series below:
Marvin Bynum, adjunct professor at Marquette University Law School, was named to BizTimes Milwaukee’s list of Notable Leaders in Law.
Bynum, shareholder and real estate attorney with Milwaukee-based Godfrey & Kahn, teaches a course on real estate transactions at Marquette. He has experience with a range of property types, from sports facilities to manufacturing plants and office spaces, and works to help clients navigate transactions including development, financing, leasing, acquisitions, dispositions and low-income housing tax credit-financed projects.
Notable Leaders in Law is part of BizTimes Milwaukee’s Notable series, which recognizes leaders in the southeastern Wisconsin business community.
Six alumni were also named to the list:
- Jim Brzezinski, managing partner and CEO of Tabak Law
- Adam R. Finkel, partner at Husch Blackwell
- Jeremy Guth, shareholder and attorney at O’Leary-Guth Law Office S.C.
- Keith Kopplin, shareholder at the Milwaukee office of Ogletree Deakins
- Isioma Nwabuzor, associate general counsel and assistant corporate secretary at Modine Manufacturing Co.
- Joe Pickart, partner at Husch Blackwell
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