The third-seeded Bucks open the series against the sixth-seeded Pacers on Sunday in Milwaukee. The Pacers won four of five regular-season games against the Bucks. Antetokounmpo missed the final three regular-season games after crumpling to the floor with a noncontact injury a week ago against the Boston Celtics. With Antetokounmpo's potential absence to start the series, Middleton said the Bucks ran actions in practice that highlighted both him and Lillard, should they have to shoulder the offensive load without him. Antetokounmpo ended the regular season averaging 30. It's going to be a weeklong process and hopefully we can build on that as we go, and once Giannis gets back. "Trying to figure out how we can both create advantages for ourself and the team. We've been working on that. "ESPN's Jamal Collier contributed to this report.
