Indiana Pacers: Player grades from the loss to the Milwaukee Bucks

Player grades for the Indiana Pacers bench against the Bucks

Oshae Brissett: B-

After a mini breakout against the Heat, Brissett once again saw significant court action against Milwaukee. His defense and rebounding remained solid, but failed to swish open threes, converting only on one out of four attempts.

TJ McConnell: B

TJ failed to record one of his vaunted steals, but he finally had his impressive hustle plays in this game, though that one was neutralized by a bad call. The biggest knack for him in this game was his failure to exploit the Bucks’ paint-heavy defense, finishing a team-worst -16.

Jeremy Lamb: B+

Okay, give credit where credit is due. Lamb shot the trey well for the second consecutive game, making two out of four. He was still iffy on D, but hey, he’s been doing what was expected of him recently. He has been listening to fans’ calls in the past two games.

Goga Bitadze: A

Goga didn’t contribute much offensively, but it was expected after being a DNP in the first three games. In his season debut, the Georgian thoroughly stood out on defense and in the intangibles, playing solid face-up and help D against the Bucks while finishing with nine rebounds, seven of those are offensive boards. And he did all these in less than 18 minutes. Great.

Torrey Craig: INC

Craig had a cameo role in this game, only relieving Brissett, whom Rick Carlisle clearly favored against the Bucks.