The Milwaukee Bucks have their first win of the season. They beat the Indiana Pacers 110-102 at Fiserv Forum on Monday night. Tyler Herro had 23 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, per ESPN. Sportsnet's highlight package also noted Ryan Rollins added 19 points. Deadspin framed the result as the first win of the Taylor Jenkins era. BenchScout's archive has no 2027 Milwaukee coaching staff on file, so we can't confirm that detail independently. Yahoo's recap blurb ran the result alongside a joke about the Brewers in the World Series.
The box score shows how the game turned. Indiana led 61-50 at halftime after a 32-point second quarter. Milwaukee then outscored the Pacers 34-24 in the third and 26-17 in the fourth. The Bucks out-rebounded Indiana 61-48 and shot 41 of 95 from the field to Indiana's 39 of 96. Both teams made 13 threes. The Bucks hit 30% of theirs and the Pacers 27%. Milwaukee also made 15 of 21 free throws against Indiana's 11 of 18.
Herro's line was the game's most complete. He shot 7 of 14, made 3 of 6 from three and went 6 of 10 at the line, with nine of his 10 rebounds on the defensive glass. Rollins shot 7 of 14 and had a team-best +10 in 32 minutes. Kyle Kuzma added 17 points, including four threes on six attempts. Kel'el Ware had 16 points and 14 rebounds in 19 minutes. For context, Herro's 2026 regular-season line was 33 games and 31.3 minutes a night at 48.0% from the field, so Monday's 50% was in line with that. Rollins' 2025 totals were 349 points in 56 games, which makes 19 in one night a large share of what he used to produce over a few weeks.
Indiana got 22 points and nine assists from Tyrese Haliburton and 20 points and 13 rebounds from Pascal Siakam, but the supporting group shot poorly. Jarace Walker went 3 of 12 and Larry Nance Jr. went 1 of 6. The Pacers lost the rebounding battle and the second half.
The result moves Milwaukee to 1-2 and fourth in the Central, and it ends a stretch of road losses of 128-116 at Washington and 127-116 at Philadelphia. Indiana is 2-1 and second in the division. That record includes a 136-109 win at Brooklyn on Sunday and a 123-120 win at New Orleans on Oct. 21.
Milwaukee's next test is at home against Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 28, where it will try to win back-to-back games for the first time this season. Indiana hosts Philadelphia the same night.
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