Bucks’ Damian Lillard expects to return for Game 2 against Pacers

Milwaukee All-NBA guard Damian Lillard expects to play Tuesday night when the Bucks and Indiana Pacers resume their first-round playoff series in Indianapolis.

Apr 22, 2025 - 18:20

Bucks’ Damian Lillard expects to return for Game 2 against Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS — Milwaukee All-NBA guard Damian Lillard expects to play Tuesday night when the Bucks and Indiana Pacers resume their first-round playoff series in Indianapolis.

Indiana won Game 1 to take the lead in the best-of-seven series.

Lillard told reporters after a morning shootaround that he would see how his right calf feels before determining how much he would play. He missed more than a month because of deep vein thrombosis, with his last appearance for the Bucks coming March 18.

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He scored 18.3 points and had 9.3 assists and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 35.5 per cent overall and 38.9 per cent from three-point range in this season’s four regular-season games against Indiana.

Indiana ousted Milwaukee in the first round last year, too, when Lillard averaged 31.3 points in last year’s first-round series, Indiana won 4-2.

Two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo missed all six of those games but scored 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in Saturday’s 117-98 loss.