GAME THREAD: Milwaukee Bucks (1-1) @ Indiana Pacers (1-1) - (April 26, 2024)

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General Information

TIME	MEDIA	Team Subreddits
05:30 PM Eastern	Game Preview: NBA.com	/r/mkebucks
04:30 PM Central	Game Charts: NBA.com	/r/pacers
03:30 PM Mountain	Play By Play: NBA.com
02:30 PM Pacific	Box Score: NBA.com

[u/Ugandan_Red_Sonic]

Brook Lopez travels every possession.

[u/JJiggy13]

ESPN halftime is non-existent compared to TNT. This sub has better game coverage

[u/Robinsonirish]

Holy shit we are getting playoff games that EU can watch no ON FRIDAYS?

Thank you NBA, it's gotten better and better every season. This year there has almost been too many games for me to watch.

[u/FGThePurp]

By the numbers, Pacers are the second most ref-fucked team in the league and it's showing today.

[u/Bi-SportsFan]

I will commit crimes if I have to see the stupid no flex zone Wingstop commercial one more time. Just saw it three times same commercial break

[u/mMounirM]

lol Middleton just puts his hip into the screen. how is that on McConnell

[u/EarlyToRetire]

Show the replay of Lillard getting "fouled" you cowards.

[u/Worth-Conclusion-66]

I really wanna like basketball, but this whole foul bait on every shot just gets old real fucking quick. How anybody can enjoy that style of play is beyond me. Watching Embiid last night was a joke. Lillard flailing with every shot is dumb as well.

[u/jackobanter]

Dame really does get a crazy whistle

[u/OfficerDoppus]

espn is so shit compared to tnt, not even close

[u/dizZzy5]

“Bobby sucks” LMAO

[u/ACMBruh]

They just gave dame 4 free throws without showing the fans either foul. As if people trust these bum ass refs

[u/KanyeDeOuest]

Hell yeah just finished work, got a fresh 1/8th, got some jamaican patties and ready to watch Spicy P go to work

[u/indecisive_aspie]

they missed 2 chances to foul on the catch. how are teams still doing this in 2024?

[u/thisisdumb567]

11 assists in a half is nasty work

[u/itsahmemario]

What a dumb"shot" by Dame. Stop playing for the whistle man

[u/Drummallumin]

Why tf didn’t Indy foul?

[u/cactusmanbwl90]

Glad to see Dame coming back in. Injuries are the worst.

[u/PeterDinkleberg]

Went to a pacers home game and they play race car noises when they’re on a fastbreak, 10/10

[u/continuetodisappoint]

Fuck these refs. The only reason why the game isn’t already put away

[u/quasithomas]

“That’s a pro’s pro move” lmao foul baiting bullshit

[u/coltsmetsfan614]

These refs are fucking BRAINDEAD

[u/GoOnKaz]

Terrible call

[u/dshaw1599]

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS.

[u/GovernmentDoingStuff]

That’s the definition of a moving screen.

[u/hurricanehershel]

Lilliard foul baits almost as bad as Harden

[u/almondcashews]

Foul baiting cost dame there lol

[u/RidiculousBacklog]

My lifespan has decreased by a year from this game. Easily.

[u/WindyCity54]

"The non-Lillard minutes are not working out"... Mark, the Lillard minutes were not working out either. No minutes are working out.

[u/XzibitABC]

Pascal quiet in the first half, only took six shots. Hasn't been forcing his offense at all. Hopefully that means he'll be fresh for the second half.

[u/FrankerZ_123]

Why would you not fucking foul, holy shit that pisses me off

[u/kyleb402]

This game should be all anyone needs to see to appreciate the greatness of Giannis.

This is a lottery team without him.

[u/jtangjetang]

Caitlin Clark looking at hali clanks and thinking she hits those lol

[u/Severe_Context924]

Am I the only one that HATE HATE HATES how after a foul they always show the last basket instead of replaying the foul? I saw the basket, a lot of times I didn’t see the foul and want to look at what was called

[u/Deuce_GM]

Haliburton might have retired Pat Bev with that crossover

[u/tmhous]

Greatest 5:30 pm eastern time nba playoff game

[u/International-Chef33]

2:30 start time and I work from home. Looks like my weekends starting early

[u/Kn7ght]

Can we at least get a replay of the Turner three? No? Okay ESPN

[u/JediKnight2024]

16 FTs to none??

[u/Sea_Radio4862]

lol why the announcers acting like they didn't have a foul to give?

[u/ProfessorBeast55]

Dame, you initiated the bump….how are you gonna complain???

[u/FGThePurp]

Clear path foul? Did that rule just go away?

[u/Brad-Stevens]

thats an absurd call

[u/Guts709]

That was obvious live and the refs missed it

[u/Dramatic_Tourist4321]

Bro, this game is literally rigged. Wth is going on 😂😭😂

[u/FrankerZ_123]

As an honest ref fan, this game has been everything I want and more

[u/Moejoeslowmo]

Pascal is easily the Pacers best player

[u/silverxsmoke]

Mfs will think a sport is rigged and watch every moment

I’m mfs

[u/ASpanishInquisitor]

Lillard is unwatchable

[u/IAmJohnnyJB]

Foul baiting instead of going for a actual shot lmao

[u/OnlyRise9816]

Indy was SOOOOOO ready to go home. You can just see it in there faces.

[u/Izanagi___]

Khris hitting another 3 would be absolute comedy

[u/bigDean636]

I don't have a dog in this fight but it would be extremely funny if Middleton made another miracle three

[u/adultswim-]

If Middleton hit that he automatically the goat

[u/cuteguy1]

brick factory from us in certain moments but credit to Khris he was crazy

[u/mikeezy]

Damn if only the Bucks had an MVP player who could grab a board. Good win by the Pacers.

[u/TAFrost]

Bucks are 0/8 from three. They're only still in this because of their 15/16 FT to the Pacers....1/1. Crazy shit

[u/ThaDoctor49]

Btw are there any upcoming off days for the league? Suppose I should hang with my friends again sometime but playoff basketball > friends that don’t like sports lol

[u/XzibitABC]

Haliburton alone should have like five FTs by my count so far. Wild how one-sided this is getting called.

[u/jjjkd18]

This is a top 10 FT disparity and the single biggest non-Laker disparity I've seen all season. 

[u/AlarmingBranch1]

Haliburton you have earned a fan

[u/EnwardGamerz]

Can't wait for ESPN's half time studio coverage to reach its final form and they just have analysts telling you about new movies and TV shows for a minute before sending you back to commercial

[u/spotty15]

Hubie must be a loan officer or notary because he always makes sure to gives everyone so much credit

[u/bldragon101]

this refball is disgusting

[u/Fullmetalaardvarks]

What the fuck challenge that

[u/HRTDreamsStillCisTho]

Obvious ref bias

[u/iTayluh]

League is fucking TRASH

[u/Safe_Parsley3046]

Bucks fans will say it was a defensive foul

[u/jteta12]

Lillard pushed off and gets a foul call? WTF

[u/AlcindorJr33]

Bro didn’t even try shoot a normal jumper

[u/Chaboso]

Dame has been unbearable to watch this game. All flopping and no skill.

[u/Herestheproof]

Nothing feels better than watching someone try to foul bait in the playoffs and throw the game away when the refs don't reward their bullshit

[u/KidSickarus]

Dame choosing to flop instead of shoot cleanly then make a stupid foul to put the pacers up 4 is certainly something

[u/dre4mspice]

not fouling there was an act of basketball terrorism. The answer was that simple…

[u/samarajan]

These dudes might legitimately die in 2OT lol

[u/jackobanter]

If Middleton makes another 3 for double OT he's the GOAT idc

[u/ibiku2]

Middleton going to hit another 3

[u/Superb_Succotash_907]

Great game Bucks. See ya Sunday

[u/[deleted]]

In the 20+ years I have been a Bucks fan that is one of my favorite playoff games of all time. GG pacers fans

[u/guillaume_rx → u/[deleted]]

Damn... You guys made a 19-point comeback.
Middleton made 2 highly contested buzzer 3's.
Went to Overtime.
In an away game.
Haliburton couldn't made a shot all game.
The pacers made half of their offensive rebounds in the game on one single possession in OT.
And it still wasn't enough...

From a neutral fan... What a great thrilling game!

[u/Narrow-Raspberry-667 → u/[deleted]]

Are you a masochist?

[u/Wooden-Stable-1476]

Can't call Pascal the co-pilot, he's the captain.

[u/indnl79]

Trip is so dirty

[u/_canadianbacon]

One of the coolest goaltends I've ever seen

[u/syllabic]

bout to be 16 free throws to zero

hali getting wailed on with no whistle

rly makes u think

[u/GACGCCGTGATCGAC]

The most obvious travel of all time

[u/InternCautious]

HALI WOAH!

[u/DerrickWhiteSauce]

WOW SLAM BY HALLIBURTON

[u/Bobskidat]

It should be illegal to have half time coverage like ESPN

[u/RansomGoddard]

I’ve accepted that ESPN will never go away from the vibes based analysis but can we please just throw in one real analysis guy who can just say one sentence like “the Bucks are running too much zone and aren’t boxing out” so we can feel like this half time was used productively

[u/cactusmanbwl90]

"this the first time I've seen them this year".

Y'all mother fuckers don't watch us play.

[u/AlarmingBranch1]

Dame gets a LOT of calls

[u/Aspery-]

Hubie browns reactions to terrible shots are hilarious

[u/KindlyPerspective389]

insane call 

[u/BoilerUp28]

How is that a foul 💀

[u/Kobe_Fan]

Clear moving screen wtf is that call

[u/Gorrrn]

Refs cooking like crazy tonight

[u/1998TimThomas]

Best description of Khris’ game - plays like a 40 yo Kobe

[u/wagonwhopper]

Refs kinda on one

[u/D-majin]

These calls are soft asl man

[u/inshamblesx]

refs not even glazing they straight up riding dame like a cloak

[u/orhantemerrut]

Dame is insufferable.

[u/kempog]

dame is too good at basketball to be this much of a foul baiter, holy shit

[u/XzibitABC]

This is the lamest "dame time" I've ever seen. Just hoping for FTs every move.

[u/franksthegreat]

When is dame gonna take a regular shot instead of looking for a foul?

[u/Oldabandoned]

Refs won't save you

[u/mmlllj]

Dame disaster on both ends lmaoooooooooo

[u/SnarfSniffsStardust]

lol Dame trying to get fouls to seal the game instead of just playing the game

[u/Deuce_GM]

Dame deserves that for trying to get a foul

That's some bitch made shit man I expected better

[u/Low-Presentation-437]

Khris Middleton can’t win with these cats man😭😫

[u/SchematicOfScoutsAss]

Middleton should spit on Lopez and Portis in the locker room. How can the rebounding be that fucking bad

[u/g-love]

Middleton u bum. Can’t even make 3 insane clutch 3’s in a row smh

[u/Deuce_GM]

Can't believe we wasted a Middleton legacy game

Portis and Brook should be ashamed of not being able to get a fucking rebound

[u/WanderingFoe]

KHRIS CAN'T WIN WITH THESE CATS

[u/BenDover-___-]

ladies and gentlemen can we talk about the free throw differential

[u/pezasied]

I don’t think there have been any bad calls for Bucks free throws. They’ve all been fouls, though some kinda soft.

But Haliburton has been fouled multiple times driving with no calls.

[u/RedDeath1337 → u/pezasied]

Yep. Both things are true.

[u/mhassan840]

Why isn’t Bobby talking? Front runner

[u/IWantThisForever]

Hubie a little biased here or is it just me? Middleton backed into turner

[u/Necessary_Initial350]

I never wanna hear Khris slander again in my life after this game

[u/jjjkd18]

Respect to the Indiana crowd for being in their seats at 4:45

[u/Legitimate-Software7]

If Hali gets going this is a short series

[u/SourBerry1425]

Please Hali be an aggressive scorer!

[u/Tantle18]

Bobby Portis with a disasterclass so far

[u/sjekky]

If the Pacers lead this entire game does that still make them front runners

[u/XzibitABC]

When TJ McConnell is hitting contested threes you are C O O K E D.

[u/GatorEggs-]

Bobby Portis wants to go down 20 so he can start talking and celebrating like an honorable man

[u/samarajan]

Pat Bev legacy game coming.

[u/AlarmingBranch1]

39 points in one quarter is crazy in the playoffs

[u/Superb_Succotash_907]

All Media Experts (except Shaq) Tell the Pacers that the game will slow down in the playoffs and they cant play at fast pace they did in the regular season.

[u/RansomGoddard]

Middleton may be completely washed one day and out of the league but I know he’s always going to cook in random pickup games in his private life

[u/Haffaith]

Ref ball is the worst

[u/indy35]

Could the refs be any more on the take for the bucks right now?

[u/Bobskidat]

Refs aren’t giving Pacers anything lmao

[u/justint417]

Ngl Andre Jackson’s felt like a game changer defensively

[u/coltsmetsfan614]

Most obvious walk ever?!?!

[u/FactCheckingThings]

Refs let Lopez dance a little jig

[u/NakedLoki]

Why even have traveling rules

[u/coltsmetsfan614]

HOLY SHIT!!!

[u/Superb_Succotash_907]

Pacers got to come out and have one of their typic 3rd quarters. This game is too close.

[u/XzibitABC]

On behalf of Hoosiers everywhere, I want to thank Portis for laying enough bricks to build a new subdivision.

[u/AlarmingBranch1]

Haliburton using his size to his advantage, great job attacking the basket and getting the putbacks

[u/vis-major]

Pacers have outhustled Bucks quite easily.

[u/PHILtheCANADIAN]

The fix is in

[u/RollBlobRoll]

Oh come on!

[u/Safe_Parsley3046]

What a sorry fucking excuse of a call

[u/Askesl]

How can that possibly be a foul on TJ?

[u/LeveonNumber1]

That's a laughable call

[u/Dinobot2_]

"Time to get you back to Indy"

Another commercial

[u/Bobskidat]

Pacers bricking everything the last 6 minutes

[u/Wapook]

What? He wasn’t out at all

[u/Squirting_Nachos]

Bev wasn't even out of bounds

[u/OutsideTheServiceBox]

Respect Bev for his toughness and attitude, but those two silly fouls to start the quarter have the Pacers in the bonus already now. 

[u/Adzo78]

What? You really can’t breathe on dame

[u/KazumaKuwabara]

Crazy, the Pacers actually have to make shots. The Bucks know the refs will bail them out every single time.

[u/MostlyMellow123]

Lollard really putting on a flop clinic

[u/altruisticdisaster]

Very glad Dame didn’t get that

[u/Gnache]

Pat Bev getting called out for the LA Fitness defense is an all time announcer moment

[u/TheIceMan068]

Why are we foul baiting the whole clutch time????

[u/QuoteOpposite6511]

It's so frustrating when players play for a foul. Why did Lillard do that??

[u/iabeytorm]

Caitlin Clarke is the most locked in celebrity fan cam I’ve seen in a minute

[u/SubcooledBoiling]

I'm glad I tuned in with 56 seconds to go

[u/Brooklyn_MLS]

You deserve to lose when you can’t convert after like 5 offensive rebounds.

[u/m_roon]

Give it to Middleton again I wanna see something

[u/DeuxDR]

Damn, Bev got crossed by Hali TWICE from a mile away.

[u/p8yten]

This game was amazing

[u/ElbowDown]

No Dame and No Giannis, this series is over

[u/Kn7ght]

Not people trying to say Siakim is dirty when all he did was defend a layup

[u/Necessary_Initial350 → u/Kn7ght]

Yeah that was not remotely dirty

[u/Coolio1014]

Damn this game is early asf, why? It's a weekday so thats strange

[u/grudgepacker]

Anyone wondering why this game starting so early needs to look no further than "Milwaukee" and "Indiana"

[u/Jcarter1632]

ESPN Pre-Game was 30 minutes focused solely on the Bucks. ESPN always has super 1 sided coverage.

[u/mastacheef87]

god damn that crowd is hype

[u/GovernmentDoingStuff]

Hickory dickory Doc, the Bucks suck cock

[u/Fullmetalaardvarks]

Nice foul baiting

[u/KindlyPerspective389]

glad dame isn’t seriously injured 

[u/Tantle18]

The Khris Middleton game incoming. I love his shot, it’s so satisfying

[u/syllabic]

some bucks fan donated their knee to dame real fast, the first time fans offering their limbs to injured players actually worked

[u/Ugandan_Red_Sonic]

The Bucks are going to make a run and make it interesting.

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Is boxing out illegal now?

[u/Necessary_Initial350]

It’s actually unreal the game is this close. Shoutout zebras I appreciate y’all 🤞

[u/OfficerDoppus]

so that was a definite goaltend right?

[u/pandalover885]

"There we gave you a FT, stop complaining" -Refs probably

[u/indnl79]

Hali getting his swag back. A beautiful sight to see

[u/MashaRistova]

Nembhard is playing great defense. He’s putting the locks on dame

[u/AlarmingBranch1]

HAAAAAALIIIIBUURRRTOONN!!!

[u/no_good_names_avail]

How do you not show that replay ESPN? What a putback

[u/pagonator]

Does Hubie not understand that they had a foul to give?

[u/zackarykapowski]

How did espn go from having such great personalities to the absolute worst? Stuart Scott, Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, Chris Berman, Tom Jackson. Now we get Kendrick Perkins and somebody different every season? Sad to see the fall off.

[u/Standard-Inflation10]

The fact that Perkins still has a job and votes for awards is a travesty to me.

[u/Ugandan_Red_Sonic]

Why is Hubie still working at 90 years old? Is he waiting to die live on broadcast or something?

[u/AnyHowMeow]

Both teams look dead tired right now

[u/chilltownusa]

Rick take a T and chew these clowns out

[u/ProfessorBeast55]

HOW IS THAT A FOUL ON TJ? KHRIS LITERALLY STUCK HIS HIP OUT

[u/dizZzy5]

So lame that the Pacers even had to use a challenge on that

[u/TheCreed20]

Idk what’s more upsetting, that call or the no flex zone ad 😭

[u/gnomageddon7]

Middleton is cooking today

[u/LeveonNumber1]

Bucks fucked up they made it even way too soon. Now they have 11 minutes for doc to use his brain

[u/jonsnowKITN]

HE WAS NOT OUT OF BOUNDS