Bucks home to face Pacers, vow to ‘take care of business’

After the Milwaukee Bucks fell into a 2-0 hole during their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Indiana Pacers, Doc Rivers exuded confidence in his team with a reminder it has not played at home yet.”I look at it as a long series (and) we haven’t played a home game,” the Bucks head coach said. “We have to go home and take care of business, then we can talk. I’m very confident about this series. Very.”Rivers will get those home games as the series shifts to Milwaukee. The Bucks host the Pacers for Game 3 on Friday before Game 4 on Sunday night.Indiana largely controlled Game 2 on Tuesday, but Milwaukee would not go away and made it a game late before the Pacers finished off a 123-115 victory. The Bucks were down as much as 16 but got it within 115-113 with 2:33 to go.When the Bucks took one step forward, they took two steps back on the defensive end.”When we got to get a stop, we did not get a stop. Those are the plays to me that are really breaking us,” Rivers said. “It was our inability to contain the ball off the dribble. They believe they have guys who can beat ours off the dribble.”Pascal Siakam, who hit a key 3-pointer after Milwaukee cut the Indiana advantage to two, led the Pacers with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points with 12 assists.”I credit our guys a lot. (The Bucks) threw a hellacious punch,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “Pascal hit as big of a shot as you’re gonna see in the playoffs on the right wing. The building was as loud as I’ve ever heard it.”