Blame for the 48-34 Milwaukee Bucks' brutal 117-98 defeat to the 50-32 Indiana Pacers, during the first game of their ongoing first round playoff series, can be

Setting foot in Gainbridge Fieldhouse as 5.5-point underdogs, the Milwaukee Bucks were not expected to take Game 1 on the road from the Indiana Pacers.

The Bucks slipped up in Indianapolis losing the first game of the best of seven series playoff with one player in particular failing to step up to the plate