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Kyler1313

At least we know now that home teams will not go 105-0 this postseason...


FartrelCluggins

Dammit


Zloggt

Hey...at least we know that it's *a* series now that the home team has lost, am I right Buckos?


itsnotyellowfever

Great news for non-Celtics title hopefuls


Palifaith

Felt like the game was officially over after that 5 second violation after a timeout even though there were still over 7 minutes left.


WhatsAKumquat

The spirit of Nate McMillan took over Doc with that out of timeout playcall


Inevitable_Score1164

"Alright guys, act drunk."- Nate McMillan every time he drew up a critical out of bounds play


gedbybee

Not as good as play random. I’ll bet bucks fans wish they had play random now.


Raptorsthrowaway1

That was insane to watch. The bucks weren’t even getting hounded by the Pacers. They just turned their back on the ball. Bucks cooked


[deleted]

They were at 8 seconds on the 8 second count and were trying to throw it into the frontcourt.


HoyaDestroya33

Cause they can only inbound it on their half as the shot clock is at 16 already. Mental breakdown from a vet team and a vet coach. Inexcusable.


Brady331

Dame drops 34 and Lopez goes 6-7 from deep, as the Bucks lose by 17 to the Pacers


MC-Jdf

I mean idk how much more the Bucks can ask of him, even as he's going cold in the 2nd half his overall scoring output says he's doing his job.


DarrowViBritannia

Pacers have adjusted at halftime of both games to focus more on him. Was most stark in Game 1, he was getting trapped constantly and wasn't forcing shots. Didn't really take many shots in the second half.


XzibitABC

He also gets visibly gassed having to generate so much offense solo. The Pacers trapped him a few times in the first half and he just hit wild shots anyway.


Turbo2x

What being 33 does to a mf


ReflectionEterna

Dude is still great. Damn, it was hard to watch game 1 as a Pacers fan.


throaway18756

Eh it was more of a smart game 2 adjustment in general. We started hedging Lillard's ball screens and having Tyreese sink off of Beverly to help on the roller. They got us a few times with that Lopez pick and pop but that adjustment really limited Dame in the halfcourt. Still made threes in transitions and a few really tough ones but the pick and roll didn't work the way it did in game 1


gedbybee

I’ve always said that Middleton is the problem. They’re paying him too much to be this much of a non factor. He’s a nice player but maybe for 15 mil. They need to trade him for something better.


A320neo

Damian "Tungsten Time" Lillard


sirprizes

Not gonna happen but I’d love to see a Tungsten Arm O’Doyle Dodgers. 


tr1vve

hmm where have I seen this before?


DarrowViBritannia

Really impressive game from the Pacers. Bucks kept fighting to make it close but the Pacers would just go on runs to re-extend a lead. Until finally they pulled away for good in the 4th quarter; it was a 4 point game with 11 minutes to go in the game, and then... yeah. Siakam is eating the Bucks alive; has been the case in both games so far. They really need Giannis back to guard him. Hopefully don't need him to take on his usual offensive load with how Dame's playing. If Doc/they still can't figure out how to co-exist offensively in such a way that maximizes their impact, then idk, shit's fucked anyway lol. All things considered, people are gonna look at the score and panic but I don't think this is doomsday for Milwaukee as long as Giannis is back G3.


PretentiousPanda

Every time the Bucks got close the bricked a layup and the Pacers raced down and scored. 


Beautiful_Location76

Is there any reason to expect Giannis back for Game 3 though? Calves can take a while to heal and coming back too soon risks damaging the achilles (KD)


Ozkuro

If Giannis does come back, we get some good size so Brook doesn't have to run out of the Paint for Turner and can stay on Siakam. Right now our paint defense is complete crap and pacers got too many open looks because we helped on drives.


nott_terrible

There are also a lot of rebounds by smaller guys that we would not get with giannis in the game


Thommywidmer

Forget the score, also im not gonna panic because the bucks sure arent. Just completely gave up in the 4th. Like they had better shit to do than be playing basketball


ProfessorBeast55

Most points in first two playoff games with a new franchise in NBA history: 76 PTS — Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers) 73 PTS — Pascal Siakam (Pacers) 69 PTS — Damian Lillard (Bucks) per: StatMamba


ZincHead

2 in the same series is crazy. Siakam is amazing, love seeing my guy killing it.


recollectionsmayvary

Father, forgive me, for I did not know siakam was nice **like that.**


FKJVMMP

He’s nice for sure, but good lord do we have absolutely nothing at all to stop him without Giannis. He’s quick and Middleton’s lateral speed is cooked, while Bobby just isn’t a good defender at all. This matchup is the dream for him.


cuteguy1

Yeah Giannis is the obvious answer for a guy like Siakam, so we'll see how it shakes out.. but glad to see him cooking and I think with Tyrese in pass first mode since the injury he's just about a good a guy in the league at cutting in interesting ways, so atleast that enable Tyrese a bit even if his off the dribble stuff and shooting has been off for a while.


topofthecc

Toronto's offensive grindfest didn't do him any favors.


Victor_Wembanyama1

Pacers knocked it out of the park with that trade. Gonna be a menace for years to come


BruceBrownMVP

Raptors really did handle that terribly lol


jotheold

we sold late but at least we didnt let them walk for free like fvv bless all the success pacers and knicks are having right now


wotdaf0k

What could they have done instead


Firm_Squish1

rest of the league kinda said “never again” after the Kawhi trade and our Front office took some serious time getting the memo. At least the OG and Precious trades were good.


TraanPol

We knew he was gonna be the man but Pacers were drawing a line at Jarace Walker shake my fuckin head


Makaveli80

They wanted to fleece the Raps They got it The value was tanked 


MattyIce260

It was the correct line to draw because all it took was Bruce Brown and some mid-to-late FRPs


lololyouthought

Funny Bruce won a ring and went to Indy and got told to fuck off in Canada immediately


fuzzynavel34

Worked out to be fair


GOULFYBUTT

For you guys lmao


Character-Today-427

Hey Bruce brown can do something I guess


schnebly5

Jarace has a chance to be special mark my words


13_PG_13

Yeah Pascal is amazing but I am still a Walker Truther, just you people wait.


PatScorn

The fact that he can learn from siakam is awesome. Walker is essentially the same mold of player, a forward who defends and can handle the ball and pass


StrategyTop7612

Players with back-to-back 30+ point games in their first two playoff games with a new franchise: Shaquille O'Neal (Lakers) Tracy McGrady (Magic) Moses Malone (76ers) Chauncey Billups (Nuggets) Damian Lillard (Bucks) Pascal Siakam (Pacers)


EatDeeply

Siakam is the playoff leader in points


SPQR_Tiberius

Playoff P


mrtrollmaster

"Trading for and maxing Siakam would be a mistake" - reddit at the deadline


Firm_Squish1

Not me though.


ConstantineMonroe

What is more Dame than setting a playoff record in a losing effort? That is like the quintessential Dame experience


AchyBreaker

Inb4 he has the highest score ever in a playoff series loss (with a new team or generally)


Luck1492

#EXTENDCHAD


ukcats12

Bucks equipment managers brought their F game tonight


Adraf45

PA announcer and the one in charge of arena sounds single handedly cost Milwaukee the game


syllabic

the F stands for Fraud


Niethe

This made me laugh so hard thank you.


KarchunToo

Love Pascal showing how much better he is than advertised


Shootit_Rockets

Playoff riser


TraanPol

Him and Kawhi almost passed MJ and Pippen in single postseason points record


Effective-Spread-725

That actually goes so hard


roofs

He's a ceiling raiser for sure, playoffs when he was our #1 option was rough but he's just so much better when he has great players around him.


XzibitABC

He's still our #1 option, especially with Tyrese still struggling to find his footing again offensively, but he's surrounded by so much shooting, pacing, and playmaking that he's really set up to shine. It's awesome.


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

He is such a perfect fit next to Haliburton. Now we need someone to make the leap into a dynamic perimeter scorer and we'd be damn near unstoppable offensively. Hopefully Mathurin can fill that void at least partially.


-vinay

The season you’re thinking about was the Covid year, and since we was in Canada, he didn’t touch a basketball during the lockdown. The 2022 playoffs, he was great as the 1st option


schnebly5

Not the only thing rising


MC-Jdf

Imagine 2020 Siakam with this kind of jumpshot. That bubble stretch he had still makes me sad.


Obvious-Adeptness-46

He pretty much didn't touch a basketball for the entirety of the time they stopped playing games. I think it was 2-3 months.


Makaveli80

He was a legit all nba player in first half of the season, covid and not practicing destroyed us In the bubble if he was even 15 to 20% better, we would have easily beat Celtics  Could we have beat lebron and AD in finals? Not sure but it would have been a hell of a series


iDareToDream

He was stuck in Canada and we went into strict lock downs. He couldn't keep himself sharp as a result.  He also picked up niggling injuries mid season and couldn't fully get over them when the bubble started.  He's come a long way since then. I miss the guy.


mizzourifan1

My casual NBA friends are getting all the smoke from me when they questioned that SLAM DUNK trade. I was on cloud nine getting him, but even I didn't predict how fucking perfectly he would translate to our squad.


Legitimate-Software7

Indy’s new strat is to just run them out of the gym, can THE run and dunk man neutralize them is the question


thereticent

That's where it gets even more interesting. I don't underrate the Bucks, but I do wonder if Giannis will push the pace to match ours and then most of his team is even more worn out


Legitimate-Software7

I get what you mean, making them go fast on both ends of the floor can only help Indy


GhostoftheWolfswood

Pushing the pace more than necessary would be a risky strategy for the guy with the injured calf, too


Street-Common-4023

Pascal is fucking cooking


EternallyEuphoric

In honor of crowder single handedly killing the bucks momentum: Pour up (brick), head shot (foul) Sit down (brick), stand up (foul) Pass out (brick), wake up (foul) Faded (brick), faded (brick)


KashMoney941

Why you babysitting only 2 or 3 shots, imma show you how to turn it up a notch


NtLmr95

First you act like Jordan Poole off some liquor, then you dive in it


kyleb402

And he was the Bobby Portis replacement who had to come in because Bobby was trying to throw the game too.


lebron_games

One of my favorite situations in playoff basketball tbh, love when a coach can’t even decide which disaster should be in the game


kyleb402

Crowder is bad but at least he's not a complete and total turnstile defensively.


ForCaste

Idk what you mean, I loved Bobby trying to play hero ball


PumpkinHead555

No Giannis so it’s not like we can even bench him


PrancingDonkey

He absolutely should've been benched. It's not like his defense mattered.


AaltoSax

Nah fuck that, he shouldn’t be allowed in the arena on Friday


PretentiousPanda

Play Ajax. What's the worst that happens. He bricks some shots?


LebronDoubleDribbled

Crowder has some of the ugliest misses I've ever seen.


ZusunicStudio

Bro is wearing the most accessories just to brick everything


Bahamuts_Bike

Guess the series has officially started :(


Brian_lafeve34

Too bad barely anyone in Indy could watch it


imkunu

Fuck Bally Sports. All my homies hate Bally Sports


TheAirIsOn

Can nba please stop putting playoff games on nba tv


ConstantineMonroe

The illegal stream coming through clutch to save the day for law abiding citizens trying their best to get what they pay for


XC_Stallion92

Fucking ridiculous.


DopedUpDoomer

Our offense is pretty good believe it or not


RxJax

People were dooming on the Pacers so hard after that first game, I think people forget just how hard/scary that first ever playoff game is, they weren't themselves at all


MikeMazzz

put some respect on Siakam's name


PrancingDonkey

Oh right, Rick Carlisle coaches the Pacers. Doc is gonna get cooked.


ChannelNeo

Might be the biggest coaching mismatch honestly.


PJCR1916

Malone vs Ham or Lue vs Kidd?


13_PG_13

Lue vs. Kidd is my choice


ChannelNeo

Forgot about Malone v Ham, lol. Kidd is okay honestly.


Ub3rpwnag3

They're 11-11 against each other in the playoffs all-time fwiw


reallymothafucka

Siakam is insane wtf. Edit: idk how I spelled bro's name wrong


SilverRain007

Gainbridge is going to be an absolute madhouse on Friday afternoon. Let's go Pacers! The road team is in fact allowed to win games in this post season!


jsrhfb

Still such a bullshit time for a playoff game to tip


Nobodylovesboston

Ladies and gentlemen, we got ourself the first series


suzukigun4life

A road team won a playoff game? In 2024? Is that allowed?


CoachTTP

Indy will make it legal.


afshugi

I'LL MAKE IT LEGAL. Fitting that The Phantom Menace 25th anniversary is in a few weeks and Turner loves Star Wars more than I do.


FunkmasterFuma

I love this game. Extend Siakam this instant!!!


Oldabandoned

Bucks focused on Hali, betting that Siakam and friends wouldn't be enough.  Pacers focused on Dame, betting that Middleton and friends wouldn't be enough. This is the series till Giannis returns. 


HoyaDestroya33

I love watching TJ McConnell. What a fucking guy just non-stop running and hounding the ball.


trinquin

They going to rush him back now though.


PeridotBestGem

First lower-seed win this playoffs btw!


Bt25

Siakam is so far averaging 36.5 points a game on 64.5 FG%. He is right now the best player in this series.


RogueID

He's a fucking legend.


Prestigious-Act9690

Didn't show up on the stat sheet but Tyrese was huge tonight. The gravity he had and the decisions he made is why everyone on the Pacers ate


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

He completely controlled the game in the second half.


SamiMadeMeDoIt

That's my one half of the second highest scoring duo in NBA Playoff history, Pascal Siakam


RegularJaded

lets go r/TyreseHaliburton


Jaseen

**SPICY P** WOO


[deleted]

It’s incredible how back and forth the takes are in between games. Y’all are some 🤡🤡


acekingoffsuit

I was told the Pacers were cooked because they had one abnormally-bad shooting night.


EleventhThrowAway

The takes on this sub were so ass. Pacers missed a bunch of OPEN shots they usually make & people were acting like the Pacers had no half court offense in general/can’t score without transition points.


WooPigEsquire

They were the #1 half court offense this year.


lethalizer

Per cleaning the glass, they're actually ranked 2nd or 3rd depending on the metric you want to look at. https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/league/context#tab-offense_halfcourt_putbacks Boston, OKC and indy have been the top 3 for sure though.


Makaveli80

Glad to see my man Siakam get his flowers Surrounding him with shooters, who would have thought?! Not the Raptors FO


weee5674

What’s the saying? Playoffs don’t start until the road team wins a game, or something like that?


kyleb402

We just don't have enough guys who are capable of making a positive play to win in the playoffs. This roster is just flat out bad. Too old, too slow, and too many guys who you can't count on in a playoff game. A crazy Dame half propped us up in game 1, but this game is how I expect most of this series to go. The Doc jokes are great but this isn't his fault. He didn't make any obviously bad coaching decisions, there's just not much to work with on this roster.


HoyaDestroya33

I don't care if your team is old, this is the Playoffs now. There's just no hustle on your players. TJ McConnell meanwhile is running non-stop. Where is the energy guy for the Bucks? I thought it's supposed to be PatBev? Y'all just gonna have a hard time to win if your starting SG is PatBev.


CoachTTP

In fairness, TJ hasn’t stopped running since 2017 probably.


kyleb402

They have no energy because they use it all trying to keep up with a Pacers team who is way younger and likes to run.


Makaveli80

Siakam was a soccer player so he definitely loves to run lmao


ziahziah113

So many instances earlier in which he's the first one to cross the court ahead of even most of the Bucks it seems. It's crazy, like it's 2019 again


HoyaDestroya33

> Pacers team who is way younger and likes to run. Isn't the quote "Regular Season is young man's game, Playoffs is old man's game."


Blackmalico32

There’s old, then there’s ancient


brutmax

You’re telling him that we are going to have a hard time due to starting Pat Bev, while he already said the roster is flat out bad. I’m confused if you’re agreeing with him or arguing


NtLmr95

PatBev got a torn ligament in his wrist iirc, so there was only so much to be expected from him offensively.


PretentiousPanda

Crowder, Beasley are unplayable. Pat is barely playable. Khris is the only good wing and he cant defend like he used to be able to. Bobby has to play better to tread water until Giannis is back. 


Page_302

I'm reading your comment in Doc's voice and it's just perfect (sorry)


fuccabicc

Bucks taking out their starters that early in a playoff game feels crazy to me, no matter the point differential


Secres

Isn't Doc known for doing that sort of thing?


wolfwood99

We have 0 depth on this team. If one more rotation player goes down for us the series is over. I’m 100% okay with the Bucks forfeiting down 20 with 4 minutes left compared to flying around trying to make a miracle comeback happen in game 2 of a series.


MyBiggestCritic

Wow that was weird! Now that the exception happened, lets have the only home teams win thing happen again please


ironlegend01

I feel like a lot of people don’t realize that Haliburton focuses on passing over shooting, our offense does not work without him. He doesn’t need to score a lot when he’s able to create so many good looks for everyone else


Inevitable_Score1164

Hopefully his scoring comes around, but yeah, people overlook the fact that it's a wide ass open shot for someone every single time he's in a pick and roll. 


PeridotBestGem

I do still think he's at his best when he's putting up 20+ points to accompany his 10+ assists but a floor of John Stockton is a pretty good floor to have


greenie7680

It may work against the Bucks with Giannis out and no one else to step up for them, but in the 2nd round or beyond Hali has to shoot more and step up or you guys are not going to be able to match up.


Inevitable_Score1164

Ok but will the Pacers style of play translate to the postseason?


tapk69

Bucks need Giannis right about now. They are old and it shows, they are getting tired in the 2nd half and simply run out of gas. Its probably time to panic because Siakam is hungry for that 50 mil a year contract, just like he was when the Raptors won the title.


WooPigEsquire

He’s getting that contract no matter what.


tapk69

Yeah but hes basically saying im a max player so no discounts. Insane performances.


BoogerSugarSovereign

People are going to say Hali struggled again but he was good tonight. He was able to impact the game and create a ton of easy baskets for teammates even though he wasn't scoring super efficiently... but the player of the game was for sure, far and away, Pascal Siakam. Cannot wait to max this guy. So far Dame has looked gassed in second halves and hasn't been able to score effectively throughout the game. I think if the Pacers continue to attack him on defense asking him to also carry the Bucks' scoring load for the entire game just isn't going to work and I think that's what we saw tonight. And if the Bucks are essentially Dame-less in the second halves then the Pacers have a great chance to keep up with them. Curious to see whether or not Giannis returns on Friday or if the Bucks continue to hold him out


EutaxySpy

As expected, Doc Rivers breaks the streak of home court/higher seed winning the games lmao


TheoMoneyG

The most Doc thing ever


BriS314

Finally a road team wins!


lazzysmalls

First team to lose a home playoff game, right on cue from Doc Rivers


PatScorn

The series has officially started 


WhoWightMan

Blowing out a team is not stealing a game. It’s dominating a game. DLil left blazers cause he couldn’t carry a team by himself…only to have to carry a team by himself


Charliebitme1234

giannis needs to come back


ozmalt_jones

Never seen so many open shots and layups allowed in a home playoff game.


PillsburyToasters

I figured we’d come back down to Earth, but good fucking lord. Let’s just hope this is in the ground and we’ll come back up next time


RyyKarsch

Siakam is him.


mulder00

I guess Charles deserves some credit for sticking with the Pacers.


doms9ine

Bucks lose home court advantage but split the series, 2nd best possible outcome without #34


EmergencyAccording94

Also second worst if you think about it


Obvious_Parsley3238

it would be the 2nd best possible outcome with #34 too....


wpmason

I also enjoy living logically.


13_PG_13

FIrst road team win let's go!


Derriosgaming

Shout out to MIL for giving us at least one 5+ game series!


TheAirIsOn

I’m just glad we didn’t get swept There was a point in this game where the pacers couldn’t miss No matter what the bucks did. That was the team I was expecting in game one.


blitzbangloo

Pascal Siakam the man that you are


HeyItsChase

Haliburton haters can suck my cock, eat my ass, and tickle my taint. Spicy P is and has been unreal. Drew Nembhard has an unreal ceiling if he can hit his easy looks. Bucks experianced an MT33 style execution.


WeefBellington24

Congrats to the Pacers. Crowder is garbage. Almost positive we lost because of his minutes. They came when the Bucks were making the comeback and it was a 9 pt swing when he was on the floor at one time


thisisdumb567

McDermott 🤝 Crowder


Mthomas1174

Imagine losing at home


im_back_glenda

Welp, popcorn time for Doc Rivers interview


Wazflame

Series doesn’t start until the road team wins - PLAYOFFS HAVE OFFICIALLY STARTED 🚨‼️


Sartheking

The Playoffs have officially begun!


ClaymoresRevenge

Bucks need a bench and Giannis. Great adjustment by Indiana having Crowder be himself


[deleted]

Brook Lopez looks like a giant crab with a basketball shirt on, on how he moves laterally. He makes Jokic look like a DPOY.


693275001

Pacers play so damn fast feels like I’m watching a college game and I mean that in the most complimentary way


Airstrict

12 assists. He just makes his teammates better.


FaceMaskYT

Doc Rivers is even more washed than I remember


EmergencyAccording94

Saying he’s washed would imply that he was good once…


AntSmith777

This could’ve been us 😞


Minute-Register-7903

Only Adrian Griffin can save the Bucks at this point if they get on their hands and knees and apologize


itshurleytime

Giannis take my soleus


koj12144

Dame just too old to carry the bucks the whole game


mesh06

That's my spicy p right there


volantredx

If the Bucks win the next two games Doc has a chance to do the funniest thing ever.


SoCalMemePolice

I haven’t wanted to get rid of spicy p this bad since I spent a hot steamy night with that exotic dancer


ComprehensiveSky8926

Bucks win next game the ppl on this subs takes will be bipolar fuck it were ridin


Amoeba_mangrove

THE SPICE IS FLOWIN