The Milwaukee Bucks got here into Sport 4 extraordinarily shorthanded, as they must attempt to even their first spherical sequence with the Pacers with out Giannis Antetokounmpo or Damian Lillard, as their two superstars each handled decrease leg accidents.
That meant the Bucks had been determined for some large contributions from their supporting solid, and one of many gamers they figured to lean closely on to select up a few of the slack offensively was Bobby Portis. Within the first seven minutes of motion, Portis had 4 factors and three rebounds as he was lively early, clearly getting the message that he’d be extra concerned. Nevertheless, Portis all the time performs with an edge and late within the first quarter, he let his depth get the perfect of him in a scuffle with Andrew Nembhard after the 2 obtained twisted up on a field out.
Nembhard was hit with a technical for his half, whereas Portis was ejected for not solely getting within the shoving match with Nembhard, however going a step additional with the second seize/swing on the Pacers guard. The officers had already made it clear they needed to maintain the nonsense to a minimal on this recreation, handing out two early technicals to Pascal Siakam and Patrick Beverley for taunting, however Portis and Nembhard nonetheless obtained tangled and Portis left Milwaukee much more shorthanded by doing sufficient to get tossed.
