INDIANAPOLIS — Myles Turner was hoping after everything he did for the Indiana Pacers that his longtime fans would at least give him a polite, warm ovation in his first game against his former team.

Instead, he heard boos — all night long.

They started from the moment the public address announcer introduced his pregame video tribute. Each time Turner touched the ball, scored a point or checked into the game, the hurtful crescendo of jeers would restart.

“It was disheartening. Man, it was frustrating,” he said after helping the Milwaukee Bucks pull out a 117-115 victory on his old home court. “You give 10 years of your life, your blood, sweat and tears. You take pay cuts, you survive trade rumors, you try to do everything the right way and then sometimes that stuff shakes out. It's cool,

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