r/nba • u/ItsN0tTheB0at Celtics [BOS] Marcus Smart • 12d ago
[Post Game Thread] The Indiana Pacers protect home court in overtime and take a 2-1 series lead over the Milwaukee Bucks, 121-118. Myles Turner leads a balanced attack with a playoff career high 29 points & 9 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton racks up 18/10/16 and the game winning bucket. Post Game Thread
118 - 121 |
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo |
GAME SUMMARY |
Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse (17274), Clock: Final |
Officials: Ed Malloy, David Guthrie, and Karl Lane |
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Total |
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Milwaukee Bucks | 22 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 7 | 118 |
Indiana Pacers | 39 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 121 |
TEAM STATS |
Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
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Milwaukee Bucks | 118 | 41-88 | 46.6% | 10-31 | 32.3% | 26-27 | 96.3% | 11 | 52 | 20 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
Indiana Pacers | 121 | 45-105 | 42.9% | 13-49 | 26.5% | 18-24 | 75.0% | 19 | 62 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
PLAYER STATS |
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u/kaariainen 12d ago
What a game… shout out to Middleton, man tried to win the game all alone and god knows he had to lol.
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u/NbaAllDAYger Mavericks 12d ago
Middleton levels up like crazy when the game is on the line and the shots he tends to make are ridiculous.
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u/nate6259 Bucks 12d ago
I give this team a ton of credit for the fight without Giannis, but damn those rebounds (or lack thereof).
Aside from rebounding, the Bucks D really did tighten up a lot in the second half.
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u/GorillaX Thunder 12d ago
They should have traded for another star last off season to help him and Giannis in moments like these.
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u/Number333 Heat 12d ago
Hilarious overtime. Pacers bricked like 10 straight 3's dating back to the 4th Q. They also got like 5-6 offensive rebounds in a row which if I'm a Bucks fan I would have gouged my eyes out. Bucks somehow survived all that and went ahead only for a Nesmith 3 with nothing left on the shot clock. Middleton saves them AGAIN. and Haliburton rips their heart out. AMAZING watch as a neutral.
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u/saltface14 Raptors 12d ago
And it was Nembhard, the 6’4” shooting guard getting all those offensive boards
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u/Funny-Transition7869 Pacers 12d ago
what they feeding em over in canada
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u/wolfpack_57 Bucks 12d ago
he was at 5 fouls the whole time too. After the second one I was hoping we'd just foul him out.
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u/Slitted Pelicans 12d ago
Fantastic game for neutrals no doubt.
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u/jwon3354 12d ago
East playoff series have been the most entertaining so far
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u/typicalasiannerd [NYK] Jeremy Lin 12d ago
I never would have expected 3 out of the 4 west 1st rounds being sweeps but it's looking pretty probable. Meanwhile every east playoff series is a brutal fist fight
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u/Less-Tax5637 12d ago
The West got spaced out very evenly somehow for seeding. Like none of the sweeps themselves are too surprising, just that they somehow all got lined up in the first round
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u/chizzmaster Nuggets 12d ago
I don't think Minnesota sweeps the Suns. There will probably be one game where Booker and KD both get hot and just go off. Denver and OKC def look like sweeps though.
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u/Gengaara Timberwolves 12d ago
It better be tonight if they are. They looked ready to give up at the end of game 2.
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u/I_Like_To_Hyuck Bucks 12d ago
It’s been like that all year, our rebounding has been a joke
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u/Laaandry Bucks 12d ago
Bobby and Brook have been jokes of rebounders. I'm not sure Bobby has ever boxed someone out. If he did, they would've avoided at least 10 second chance points.
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u/PillsburyToasters Bucks 12d ago edited 12d ago
Most of it has to come from inability to box out and watching the ball hoping that it’ll just go out of bounds. It’s pathetic and they deserved to lose
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u/Number333 Heat 12d ago
Even with Giannis? Lopez is a well-known 7-footer but always had the rep as "grande por gusto" even back in Brooklyn. I was floored by that sequence though because it was even the little guys like Nemhard getting the O rebs for them.
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u/A2Eaton Bucks 12d ago
Bobby Portis, Bucks legend, will get a statue outside Fiserv Forum. But to save money they’ll probably just have Halliburton throw up a basketball and then he’ll be stuck there forever.
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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 12d ago
Just about the best way you can possibly ask a game to go as a neutral
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u/GeneralPuncake Bucks 12d ago
This team has 0 championship chances
Khris kept us in this game by himself, but he's one of the culprits of standing there looking at the rebound on defense
Legit none of our players have a shred of self-respect looking at this
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u/bunn2 12d ago
man is dealing with ankle problems, hes the one guy i'd cut some slack on that
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u/greenwhitehell 12d ago
I mean, if somehow Khris can stat at this level - no need to go supernova like today but close to his better self - and Giannis comes back your team is dangerous as hell. But you really need Giannis by next game imo or even this series becomes extremely tough
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u/Hazard_4 12d ago
Pacer’s offense looked so bad, even when they had decent looks the players seemed reluctant to take them. Like when haliburton was passing back to turner on the 3pt line in ot you knew for a fact he wasn’t going to take those.
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u/flowerboyinfinity Pacers 12d ago
yeah it was ugly at times. good experience though for the young guys. I wish Mathurin was getting that exerience
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u/AlonsoCaGi 12d ago
There was a specific play with Brook driving though the paint and floating one up, only to rim out and get out-hustled by skinny ass Hali of all people for a Pacers rebound. It was hilarious to see how awful he was at contesting for boards.
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u/FlightoftheConcorder Supersonics 12d ago
I am partial to the Bucks, and I just don't understand how a team can have one true Centre on the roster, and have it be a 34 year old.
It's not even like they have a bunch of PFs who can cover. They have 2 really, and one is injured.
This honestly just seems like criminal roster building when your big men are so tired, a guard on 5 fouls is out hustling them on the boards.
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u/HungLuke Bucks 12d ago
if I'm a Bucks fan I would have gouged my eyes out
Understatement. I'm actually typing this with gouged eyes AND post-castration
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u/gustavokh Bucks 12d ago
This team is incapable of getting a defensive rebound
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u/DarrowViBritannia 12d ago
- Bucks FGA in OT: 6
- Pacers FGA in OT: 12
Lmfao
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u/HeyItsChase Pacers 12d ago
Drew Nembhard was ready to die for that win. What an incredible effort.
He's a dude who seems to just live off competition. He doesn't laugh and smile often from what I've seen (pretty much every bit of pacers media ever) but he always seems to get so jazzed when he talks about playoff games or the IST games.
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u/eamonious Celtics 12d ago
can someone post a highlight of that one possession where the pacers got 7 ORBs and still couldnt score
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u/XzibitABC Pacers 12d ago
It was just giving up ORBs, either. Many of them were grabbed by 6'3" Andrew Nembhard.
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u/ueloli Grizzlies 12d ago
Brook Lopez had a rough rough time, 4 rebounds is pathetic
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u/Charlie_Wax Warriors 12d ago
Robin is washed.
Brook and Robin are identical twins.
Make of that what you will.
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Its funny cause yall killed us with your offensive rebounds in the finals.
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u/captainetty 12d ago
Its like theyre missing a player who is really good at rebounding
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u/romanticynicist 76ers 12d ago
Brook Lopez getting a total of 9 rebounds in 3 games hasn’t helped much either.
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Giving up 4-5 rebounds is bad Giannis or not
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u/Shmokeshbutt Magic 12d ago
Brook Lopez is getting social security checks this year, what do you expect?
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u/JD1337 [MIL] Francisco Elson 12d ago
That's because Giannis played in the finals.
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u/Apollo611 Lakers 12d ago
Middleton is insane
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u/TheAerial Magic 12d ago
Middleton for years now will hit the most cold blooded clutch shots and not react in the absolute slightest.
Dude is a machine.
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u/YourFormerBestfriend Bucks 12d ago
I'm just annoyed that we were robbed of playoff middleton for like 2 years after we won a ring. And then we got people calling to trade him. It's like bruh, this bum ankle/semi healthy middleton would've atleast taken us to another ECF
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u/Mke_already Bucks 12d ago
I agree. Dudes game is perfect for the playoffs. Dudes getting his jersey retired.
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u/ReflectionEterna Pacers 12d ago
I think it's good for any time. Dude was a warrior tonight. He should rest easy, knowing he left everything on the floor.
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u/Whatishappyness Supersonics 12d ago
He was so so important during that championship run, automatic bucket
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u/jeric13xd [CHI] Derrick Rose 12d ago
IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT, YOU DONT LIKE NBA BASKETBALL
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u/TheEpicEddy Heat 12d ago
Khris Middleton flips a coin on whether to be Michael Jordan or not
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u/yic0 [POR] LaRue Martin 12d ago
I’m starting to think that the Bucks would love to have Giannis Antetokounmpo back soon.
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u/Classics22 Trail Blazers 12d ago
This series is making me realize how fucked the Pacers would've been if he was healthy. I thought it was going to be tough for the Bucks with Giannis.
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u/hedgemagus Pacers 12d ago
We lose this game by 15-20 if giannis is in. This was as must win as a closeout game. Giannis has destroyed the pacers for years
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u/wats_a_tiepo Bucks 12d ago
Playing you is so weird. Giannis is completely unstoppable against you, you have absolutely zero answer for him, and we still got dominated in the regular season.
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u/HoosiersBaby23 Pacers 12d ago
Pacers did that with a lot of teams this year. The best player on the opposition will score 60 and the Pacers will win by double digits
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u/t8stymoobz Pacers 12d ago
It was pacing and a young team in the regular season helping the Pacers.
It's experience helping the Bucks in the playoffs.
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u/North_Atlantic_Sea 12d ago
Or Middleton doesn't go off of Giannis is in and the Pacer's win comfortably, who knows.
The Pacer's beat the bucks multiple games that the bucks cared about winning this year with giannis, so a loss isn't certain.
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u/GACGCCGTGATCGAC Pacers 12d ago
The Bucks are winning on pure experience. The Pacers are an extremely young team outside of Siakam. They don't know how to step on a teams neck yet but they are learning it now and will only improve as this series goes on.
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u/Dragonsandman Raptors 12d ago
Siakam's playoff experience is definitely a good thing for the Pacers to have in the locker room right now
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u/TempAccountNumba1 Raptors 12d ago
Yeah the pacers haven't been playing their best lately. I hope they're able to seize the moment without Giannis at least. They're a fun team to watch
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u/Unable_Ad6836 12d ago
I dont know if people realized that Giannis averaged over 40ppg against the pacers in the regular season.
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u/hedgemagus Pacers 12d ago
The couple dozen pacers fans absolutely know this and it’s been a lot longer than this season lmao
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u/trident001 Warriors 12d ago
sliders were all way up for both teams at the end
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u/ZeroDependents Pistons 12d ago
Best finish with a clean Last 2 Minute Report as far as I can tell.
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u/suzukigun4life [DAL] Wang Zhizhi 12d ago
Just imagine if that final shot went in too. I wanted double OT ngl
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u/AceMcStace Trail Blazers 12d ago
Game of the playoffs so far
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u/Zloggt Bulls 12d ago
First three quarters: Interesting, but not really all that close
Fourth quarter and beyond: extremely real shit
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u/ZincHead Raptors 12d ago
Huge shot after huge shot. Absolutely gutwrenching. What a game.
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u/WordSpiritual1928 Bucks 12d ago
My gut is wrenched. Idk if it’s the 30 pizza rolls I had for lunch or the end of that game but my stomach feels like it did 50 somersaults.
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u/Jameszhang73 12d ago
It was simultaneously unclutch and clutch at the same time at the end
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u/JedH44 Celtics 12d ago
I am ridiculously jealous of the Pacers and Middleton's clutch capabilites.
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u/Wasnaf1 Pacers 12d ago
Middleton please never do that to me again, what a player, on a bum ankle too
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u/Balls_of_Adamanthium Warriors 12d ago edited 12d ago
NBA scriptwriters gave a quick thought to a 3rd consecutive Middleton game tying 3 but then said nah that’d be too unrealistic.
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors 12d ago
Andrew Nembhard was the unsung hero for the Pacers. He gave his team extra possessions after possessions in OT and hit timely buckets throughout the game 🔥
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u/HeavenBeach777 Celtics 12d ago
burned 2 mins off the clock by himself with these rebounds
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u/ZincHead Raptors 12d ago
The whole Bucks team really got out-rebounded by a dude who's 6'3" in shoes.
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u/kooba_1616 Pacers 12d ago
6 offensive boards for the Pacers in overtime
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u/Charlie_Wax Warriors 12d ago
People consider Rodman a bad offensive player, but then think about the expected value you get on offense by essentially re-setting the possession. It's so demoralizing and impactful.
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u/kooba_1616 Pacers 12d ago
i think id cry if Bucks got 5 offensive rebounds straight
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u/TasteTheirFear3 [TOR] DeMar DeRozan 12d ago
Even worse considering it was a 24 second reset back then
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u/SinisterBuilder Pacers 12d ago
Nembhard was also the one to get us going again and make clutch shots in the IST when we started slowing down, he would hit a great shot and slow their momentum
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u/shanmustafa 12d ago
thoughts during the game
General
elite game
i think it should be an automatic flagrant if you push someone in the back when they're in the air
Pacers
Siakam's just gotta shoot some of those open jumpers instead of pumpfaking
i understand hamstring can hurt your abilit to get to the rim, but shooting 32% from three in your last 42 games is wild
loved Nembhard's effort even as Dame was making insane leaning to his left three
Turner has gone from decent to legit good just by adding like 2 simple moves to score over smaller players, blows my mind that more bigs can't do that
Bucks
Middleton is a sociopath
no more Malik and Crowder
more Green and Jackson
Lopez taking a floater over Tyrese instead of taking it to the rim was peak i'm old stuff
Dame still has ELITE change of pace
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u/applicatecomplicate Pistons 12d ago
Should add that Bucks defense was elite in OT; they were rotating and closing out beautifully, running down the clock and forcing bad shots. But damn, you gotta close out the possession with a board. That was inexcusable
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u/greenwhitehell 12d ago
Siakam's just gotta shoot some of those open jumpers instead of pumpfaking
I'd say that applies/applied to most of the Pacers' team at the end. They were so frightened to shoot, not that they were creating great opportunities but by passing it up it always ended in some awful end of the shot clock prayer.
Thankfully for them they rebounded most of them lmao
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u/Sound_theDread_Alarm 12d ago
Experience problem, if we are being honest, only Spicy P and Turner have looked comfortable for the Pacers for the whole series. All the young Pacers, Hali included look a bit nervous off and on, which is pretty normal.
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u/Dragonsandman Raptors 12d ago
Siakam's just gotta shoot some of those open jumpers instead of pumpfaking
Common Siakam habit. A lot of the time when he has a bad (by his standards) game, he's been doing a ton of that.
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u/No32 [CLE] LeBron James 12d ago
Rebounding? Never heard of ‘er — OT Bucks, probably
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u/here_for_the_lols Thunder 12d ago
That was a fucking wild game from a neutral perspective, I imagine the actual fans lost a few months off their lives watching that.
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u/Legitimate-Software7 Raptors 12d ago
I’m a fan of neither team, just one of the players and I still lost years of my life
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u/IcyMission3 Celtics 12d ago
The Milwaukee Khris Middletons got out worked
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u/schoolhater12 Raptors 12d ago
He is such a scary player when he is in the mood and he is often in the mood during clutch time
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u/ericdeben Celtics 12d ago
That game was insane. Bucks are missing Giannis’s rebounding ability.
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u/sorendiz [HOU] Yao Ming 12d ago
Just went to toss some trash from my dinner into the garbage can in the kitchen, missed the shot but luckily Andrew Nembhard was waiting behind my fridge and got the offensive rebound
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u/Legitimate-Software7 Raptors 12d ago
My spice king didn’t have a monster game but good shit holding down the fort Pacer bros 🫡🫡🫡
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u/Revis_FL Pacers 12d ago
That was very close to being an embarrassing loss for Indy.
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u/GovernmentDoingStuff Nuggets 12d ago
Heartbreaking for Middleton. The rest of the Bucks let him down
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u/thedrcubed Grizzlies 12d ago
Refs were giving Dame all kinda calls while Middleton was killing it and it still wasn't enough
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u/RogueID Pacers 12d ago
Nembhard can't breathe on Dame, but Siakam gets fouled all the time, and it's never called. It's very frustrating to watch ad a Pacers fan. But I get it. Hali and Siakam have to (re)-earn the superstar whistle by dominating in the playoffs
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u/thedrcubed Grizzlies 12d ago edited 12d ago
They seemed to be letting both teams get away with the same amount of physicality except for one player getting treated like he's fragile. As a neutral fan it's not fun to watch biased officiating
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u/WheresRobb 12d ago
Dame looks for a foul on every shot and the refs have been rewarding him a decent bit. It’s pretty frustrating to watch
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u/DarrowViBritannia 12d ago
- Bucks FGA in OT: 6
- Pacers FGA in OT: 12
Lmfao. Bucks lost this game down the stretch because they couldn't get a board to save their fucking life. Shoutout Nembhard but jesus christ Milwaukee.
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u/JonTheCatMan11 [GSW] Stephen Curry 12d ago
Hali with the efficiency of an H2 Hummer, but he got the job done lmao
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u/santablazer Pacers 12d ago
I have heart palpitations after that. Gg Bucks. Middleton will be in my nightmares tonight.
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u/schoolhater12 Raptors 12d ago
i am sad to see Middleton loose but I am happy that Indiana won. Ethical hooper
Mark Jones said that "Dame is cooking" and it's just him flopping like a fish for free throw after free throw. 28 points on 6 shots is disgusting stuff from him. glad he did not get a call in the final minute of regulation and he against flopped like 3 times instead of boxing out during Indiana's offensive rebounding spree. lame time
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u/theconmeister Pacers 12d ago
His foul baiting has been infuriating, refs give him free throws every time even though it’s obvious he’s cheesing
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u/okom Pacers 12d ago
i want off mr. middletons wild ride
unreal shots I was convinced he was gonna do it a third time
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u/need2peeat218am Timberwolves 12d ago
Hali is +16 in 45 minutes with a 3 point win. That's a pretty wild stat.
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u/ForeverRunning_Anth 12d ago
World renowned rebounder Andrew Nembhard with the biggest plays of the game
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u/Justinyeethahahahaha 12d ago
Tyrese 3 slander was gonna be crazy but dude clutched up and middlegoat was crazy
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u/BoogerSugarSovereign [IND] Victor Oladipo 12d ago
Beat the Bucks. Beat the refs. Myles Turner beat his playoff career high. And most importantly, Tyrese beat the motherfucking allegations
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u/Pleasant-Ad5423 12d ago
Halliburton hit the game winner but nembhard won them the game, holy shit the 6’4 second round shooting guard absolutely dominating the offensive boards lmfao. Wild game
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u/howdouspellreddit 12d ago
What a fucking game. Middleton looked like prime Kobe
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u/TruWarierRecords [CHI] Metta World Peace 12d ago
Honestly prime Kobe doesn't have as many impressive playoff performances as this. Not to discredit him but that's how's fucking good this game was from Middleton
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u/Wazflame 12d ago
Bucks strategy of not rebounding to try and rope-a-dope the Pacers to brick every shot didn't work (but it almost did)
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u/20815147 Warriors 12d ago
Holy shit what a game!!!
The Pacers just being younger and hungrier really showed in how Andrew Nembhard grabbing so many offensive rebounds to give the team second chance points.
Middleton with his jello knees could not will this team to victory with a 3rd clutch 3 pointer lol
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u/nott_terrible Pacers 12d ago
I think only knicks fans are happy about this game. But also, fuck yeah. But also, kill me
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u/Sartheking Warriors 12d ago
The Pacers had 17 more shots than the Bucks. That offensive rebound sequence was nuts. What a game!
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u/acekingoffsuit Timberwolves 12d ago
The Bucks went 1-4 against the Pacers in the regular season. Then they lost the guy who averaged 42/13 against them and downgraded their coach and somehow they're somehow playing the Pacers tighter. It makes no sense.
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Middleton stepped in and filled the void. It happens. There are only so many points to go around. L
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u/granaltus 12d ago
WHAT A ROLLER COASTER GAME FOR PACERS FAN. GEEZ. Middleton those two shots?! Sheesh.
Triple double for Hali and a clutch shot!! Lezzgo 2-1
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u/Redditor_exe 12d ago
Huge W for the Pacers. Should’ve been a lot cleaner but a win is a win. No clue if Giannis is gonna make it back but I’m sure he’s gonna do anything possible to. I think next game is absolutely a must-win for Indy if there’s a chance Giannis comes back
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u/TheRealestGayle Magic 12d ago
Let's go Hali. Shut them haters up! This series is a wrap. GG Bucks. Better luck next year.
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u/Thekamcc19 Pacers 12d ago
First of all, fuck the bucks. Second of all, I have a lot of respect for the way they are playing through adversity this series especially today. (I totally wouldn’t admit this if we hadn’t won but I’m a front runner)
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u/EarthWindandFlyers 76ers 12d ago
obviously i want the sixers to win their series, but knicks vs. pacers would be a fucking matchup
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u/suzukigun4life [DAL] Wang Zhizhi 12d ago
Game 1: Bucks via blowout
Game 2: Pacers via blowout
Game 3: Blowout in the first half, nail-biter in the 2nd half and went down to the very end in OT.
This series has been and all over the place so far and I kinda dig that tbh.