The Indiana Pacers will need every player to bring their best effort against the Milwaukee Bucks, and one player has never gotten his flowers.

The Bucks can't have momentary lapses in fast break defense, even for a few possessions, in their first-round series against the Pacers.

The Pacers went 4-1 in the five meetings last season, followed by a 4-2 triumph in the first round. Things flipped this season, with the Bucks taking three of four (and the loss coming on Haliburton’s four-point play with three seconds left).