The Bucks erased an 11-point deficit and held Indiana to 17 fourth-quarter points to beat the Pacers 110-102 on October 26. Tyler Herro's 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists led a win that lifts Milwaukee to 1-3 and the 12th seed.
October 21-24
Three games, three losses: 128-116 at Washington, 132-125 at home against Chicago, 127-116 in Philadelphia. Herro and Jaquez carried the scoring, and every opponent topped 125 points. Milwaukee came into Monday at 0-3, sitting 14th, with a roster built this year under new head coach Taylor Jenkins and still looking for a night to build on.
October 26, first half
Indiana set the early terms. The Bucks led 31-29 after one, but a 12-0 Pacers run across the first two quarters forced a Milwaukee timeout at 38-31. An 8-0 burst later in the second pushed the gap wider. Indiana led by as many as 11, won the second quarter 32-19 and went to the locker room up 61-50.
October 26, second half
Milwaukee put up 34 in the third. Down 71-63, Jenkins called time, and the Bucks scored eight straight to tie it. Indiana still carried an 85-84 lead into the fourth. The game turned early in that quarter: from 86-86, the Bucks scored eight in a row by the 7:30 mark, and a 6-0 push made it 101-92 at 5:25. Ryan Rollins led the period with 6 points, and Ament and Ware added 4 apiece.
October 26, final minutes
AJ Green, Kyle Kuzma, Myles Turner, Rollins and Herro played the last five minutes. Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pointed to the Bucks' trouble at the foul line late, and Herro went 6-of-10 for the night. He still made both at 0:18 for the 110-102 final, then blocked Kobe Brown's 3-point try. Owczarski also wrote that Ament looked rushed in the first half and confident in the fourth.
October 27
Grades: Herro gets an A-minus for 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists on 7-of-14 shooting. Rollins gets a B-plus for 19 points and a +10. Jaquez gets a C for 4-of-13, including 0-of-4 from deep. Turner's +14 in 28 minutes led the club, while Ware's 16 points and 14 rebounds came with a team-worst -5. The win moved Milwaukee from 14th to 12th, a half game behind Orlando for 10th and 1.5 behind Cleveland for sixth.
How did the Bucks get their first win of the 2026-27 season?
They came back from 11 down to beat Indiana 110-102 on October 26, holding the Pacers to 17 points in the fourth quarter. Tyler Herro led with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
When do the Bucks play the Rockets?
Milwaukee hosts Houston on October 28. The Rockets come in at 4-0 and will be playing a second straight night.
