Bucks look to tie series with Pacers behind Gary Trent Jr.

Gary Trent Jr. looks to ride the momentum of tying a single-game franchise playoff record for made 3-pointers when the Milwaukee Bucks host the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.Trent sank nine shots from beyond the arc and matched Giannis Antetokounmpo with 37 points as the Bucks halved their series deficit with a 117-101 victory over Indiana on Friday.”They’re not going away,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers said of the Pacers, who hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.”… We just can’t relent. We’ve won one game. I guess you can make a case after three games, this is the closest the series can possibly be. If you guys know your math, you can figure that one out on your own. So, nothing’s happened yet. We got to do it again.”Trent made the most of his spot start in place of Taurean Prince by matching Hall of Famer Ray Allen’s franchise playoff mark and his own playoff scoring high.”It’s really a blessing,” Trent said, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “A testament to my hard work and everything I put into it.””Big fan of Ray Allen as a kid. Watched him accomplish great things as a Buck, as a Celtic. I just followed his career. The way he shot the basketball. So, to be a name in that group, around him or near him as a shooter is a great thing. A blessing.”While Antetokounmpo is averaging a robust 35.7 points and 14.0 rebounds per game in the series, the Bucks anxiously are waiting for Damian Lillard to get reacclimated. Lillard finished with just seven points and made just 1-of-8 attempts from beyond the arc, however he contributed at the other end with two steals and two blocks.”I’ve played in enough playoff games where I understand that it’s about finding a way to win,” Lillard said, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Lillard is struggling to find his game after missing a month while battling deep vein thrombosis in his right calf.