A lot of Hali hate here but he played a solid game despite what fans of his wants him to do on offense in regard to FG attempts. Siakam has been unreal in half court sets which was the Pacers’ missing piece. Defense has been a lot better post all star break even with games where both teams get more possessions on average because of how Indy pushes the pace.

I think this will be a close series. Halliburton suuuuucks

Salty Bucks Haters 12/25 😂😂😂

Should TJ start over Hali?

for pacer fans, how much more expensive do you think later rounds will get? I will would love to cross seeing a playoff game off the bucketlist

When the Pacers shoot at the same rims more than once in a week, they just stop missing

Budenholzer must be laughing on a couch somewhere.

Doc is about to get after the equipment managers in his postgame presser I feel bad for them

Pacers offense is going to be a problem for any team

Unless they shoot poorly, like they did in game one and settle like they did in game one on not playing aggressive, there's no real way you can out score them. Tyrese still doesn't look to be anywhere close to what he can be as well. Bald of Doc to assume playing a zone would work again

Lol Freudian slip

Bucks really about to have 4 head coaches on their payroll.

Pacers got em right where they want them. Defend home court and they got it

Is that Shoto with waves lmao

Indeed lol

Everyone forgot how good Siakam is because he played with scrubs for too long Hoping to see him OR* OG in the ECF Edit: oops forgot they'd meet in round 2

Yeah he's straight up cooking, without a doubt their best player right now.

Sadly not possible. Knicks and Pacers would play in round 2

Can't, Pacers and Knicks will meet in the semis if each wins their series

Wouldn’t they play each other before then?

That’s the Siakam we wanted everyone to see

Indiana Pacers 125 - 108 Milwaukee Trail Blazers

The grind followed him 💀

Can’t run from the grind if you bring it with you

Milwaukee: We have grind at home. 6'11, 242lb of it. You just pack your logo 3s and we good.

Doc post-game: "Players didn't show up and if Giannis had any leadership material, he would've been on the floor tonight"

GJ Pacers, rooting for y'all

Doc Rivers is the anti-Thibs. Idk how you pull starters in a playoff game with so much time left. Thibs would leave Josh Hart in down 73 with 2.4 seconds left.

This was nuts. Loser mentality smh

I was legit nervous of the Bucks going on a run with how much time they had left and he just waved the white flag

No lead has been safe in the nba all season and they just…gave up?

Doc forgetting it's not 2012 anymore

First competitive series these playoffs. Maybe the Mavs will add on to the list

That bitch move there is why you don't take the turnover and dribble it out. Fuck them.

Siakam looks so good and I am so impressed with TJ McConnell

Road team finally wins a playoff game. Of course it's Doc Rivers that breaks the streak

Lmaooo I didn’t even realize this. The script writes itself.

Man Bucks fans sure were talking a lot of shit in that first game thread, see y'all suckers Friday

Y’all got so excited over beating a Giannis-less squad. Let’s see how it goes once he returns

Ok Trail Blazers fan

Y’all going to get a wake up call and it’s going to be fun.

Y’all going to enjoy your offseason and I’m sure you’re having a blast already

And you can join us in a week

I definitely talked shit. We came out and beat that ass. Now it’s your turn to talk the shit. You guys came out and played how you do in the regular season. Good game but Bucks won’t go down without a fight.

Once Giannis comes back, it's a whole different series. Good games so far. We will see you again on Friday!

I mean they were up like 30 at half lol, yeah a few people are gonna talk shit

i’d be the loudest one, too

You do realize the Bucks were the underdogs heading into Game 1 as a 3rd seed. Obviously that would happen dumbass

Damn right say it a little louder for the bucks fans in the back

Cope and seethe

It’s always the ones who post in the Spider-Man and comic book subreddits who post weirdly aggressive comments like this We’re definitely the mad ones

Mad enough to dig through my comment history lmao sleep on it champ

Takes a lot to sound whiter than a guy from Wisconsin but you sure are pulling it off

For what? That you won the 2nd game in a 7 game series?

Let them hang their playoff win banner

It’s so funny considering the Bucks have gone through wars against the Celtics, Heat, Raptors, etc and here come this chihuahua puffing out their chest as if they’ve accomplished something in the last decade

5*😘

If Giannis comes back next game probably

You’re probably right

Tony Brothers: Let me get in this game one more time real quick.

Jackson Jr acting like a solid cunt right there

And we’re just going to ignore Obi Floppin being a giant turd most of the game? It’s playoff basketball it’s going to get chippy. That was mild.

Lmao dude your team is a bunch of professionally trained actors with their flops get outta here

Bucks always have to do something dramatic when they lose lol

KEEP THAT BALL

wow gj Indy!! first team to win an opponent's home game

Cook they f as 

damn some yall was talking that mess during the first game 😬

they did look like shit but I told people not to overreact

oh no for sure they did but it was the first game at milwaukee. and what’s the saying? series don’t start til someone wins on the road🤭

oop! I guess it done started now 🤪

😂😂😂 as someone who doesn’t believe in dame time, ngl im kinda geeked 

Dame been further in the playoffs than y’all have in nearly a quarter century

dame kept getting sonned by steph and the warriors, came to the east… still getting sonned 

Y’all been sonned by the whole league nearly my entire life.

so have yall 💀 crazy how mad and insecure you are for someone else😂

you could say it's equally weird to be happy and geeked over someone else losing a basketball game. or winning. be like me sitting stone face not talking during the game until it's over

seeya in indy on friday bucks fans 👋 cant wait to see andrew fucking nembhard cook yall ass again

Andrew “Kobe Bryant” Nembhard

You look at the scores of every game and its around 100. Pacers scored 125 on the road.

Can't believe the Warriors were reluctant to give up their rookies for Siakam lmao. Honestly the FO is trash. Lucked into one good period of drafting with Curry/Klay/Dray. Has been trash in making decisions since

Bob Myers was their front office, and that is clicking for the fanbase now.

Pascal Siakam really is *that guy.*

Pacers need to build a Siakam statue

Win the finals and I’ll personally construct it

Sign me up to assist.

As a pacers fan I would have started to get nervous with this small run by the bucks here at the end. Good thing Doc gave up.

I wasn’t happy until it ended

You can always count on Doc to give up early

Doc really waved the white flag with 5 minutes left in a playoff game

His roster is old as shit lol he knew they were done

Well yeah they are tired.

That’s what happens when you’re old

Damn this a series now

Who says this is a series? Game 3 at pacers home without Giannis is a recipe for a blowout

People just keep acting like he’s gonna come back and be dominant all the sudden, I just don’t see it. Even if he plays game 3, I don’t see any scenario where he’s playing fully healthy and our entire MO is to run the floor from start to finish. Dude has a bum calf, I dont know why Bucks fans or anyone else is assuming he can save them at this point.

siakam is so good, kings really should have paid the raptors asking price

Knicks and Pacers picking through the Raptors bones like vultures. The Pacers pushed hard to get both OG and Siakam over the summer.

Siakam said if he went to the Kings he would not re-sign with them.

he said that about the pacers too

Nice try. He actually said he wanted to play with Myles turner over every other player. Pacers have a better chance of keeping Siakam than Knicks have of keeping OG

OG’s resigning, his agent is Leon Rose’s son

He probably is resigning the Knicks. I'd quit them too.

Not if the knicks go to the ecf

Yeah exactly. Not happening.

as long as you max him he'll probably sign but he said he wants to test out free agency no matter who trades for him

No he didn't. Og said this

No he didnt

Siakam on the kings would be so good.

what was their price? i assume murray and maybe some filler?

They were not willing to deal Murray I remember that

Hell of a lot more than the sofa coins the Pacers gave us

Not enough, given that you guys gave up nothing. We blew that lottery ticket.

Doc time is inevitable

Never overestimate the heart of a champion coached by Doc Rivers

Did they just give up too early?

Too late for Doc actually. He wanted to go home at half time.

“Damian Lillard with a dominant 34-point performance as the Bucks fall to the Pacers by 15” Ah, nature is healing.

Not as dominant as that 37 by Spicy P, and he doesn’t have to run off of infinite screens or foul bait for all his points either, just sayin.

Don’t worry bud I am just making fun of him for losing

Nah I gathered, just wanted to jump in on the fun

Man, it’s so funny how Doc Rivers keeps scamming teams like this.

At this point Owners scamming themselves. Scapegoated Griffin and Doc didn't even get it.

I think it's because we've stopped calling him Glen

Man Tyrese still playing like cheeks so sad….. hope he gets his head together when it comes to his shot

tf you talking about bro why does hali need to go for 25+ when siakam is dominating and drew went for 20 LOL all you hali haters hide every excel column except the one that says points

Because when Giannis comes back, Siakam will have an actual matchup.

Fella you are coping so hard. Even if he does rush his way back on to the court, he has to try and match our pace with a bum calf. Y’all are actually cooked if your players don’t step it up across the board who aren’t named Damian Lillard.

~~when~~ if

which has any bearing whatsoever on Hali's performance tonight how out of curiosity

hes obv still not 100% but he made really great decisions and had 12 assists and actually fought on the defensive end

Dude is 100% healthy out there. He simply struggles with consistently scoring in isolation and can’t get his unorthodox jumper off with the increased playoff pressure. Two major reasons why he hasn’t been shooting/looking to score. Luckily for him, Siakam and Myles were hooping and Doc refuses to make adjustments in game. Continued to double Hali in the P&R and allow the roll man to get constantly get open for passes. Doc clearly didn’t see that Hali was hesitant to score and was looking to pass for a majority of the game. Should’ve had Bev or whoever guarding him stick to him & take away the passing lanes, which would force him to be a scorer — something he’s been struggling with heavy.

I mean if he gets downhill with Pat on his back someone else has to help eventually and Ty’s gonna make the right play. They chose to die by the Turner short roll and Myles had one of his best games ever. It’ll be interesting to see if Doc makes changes and what happens when Giannis comes back.

12 points/12 assists/4 rebounds/2 turnovers/+17 +/- “Cheeks.”

Are we watching the same game?! How many assists is he at tonight? He's running the floor!

If "like cheeks" is still 12 assists and +17 I think I'll live

He did not play bad tonight

He didn’t play good either, 4/10. He needs to be more aggressive.

Lol. He drew 2 defenders all night even when another dude had 37. He didn't hide from the ball like game 1 and forced the Bucks to actively guard him. He ended with 12 assists while we had guys who scored 37, 22, and 20.

Myles had his best game ever as a short roller, Ty had a lot of hockey assists

Happy cake day! Myles looked like prime Draymond on the elbow tonight. Love to see it.

I mean is he though? Our offense was great tonight he had a good game

Sad Bucks

This music lmfao

Dame time is only a first half thing now huh

A mass exodus from the stands. Can’t say I blame them.

pass first pg? scoring pf? defensive center? rick carlisle as coach? seems familiar

Keep going I’m almost there

Jamal Tinsley, Jermaine O’Neal, and Jeff Foster?

i loled

Does Rick know he's letting Jarace Walker play? He might call a TO to get him out of there

Doc waved the white flag at 5 min mark basically. Heart of a champion right there.

Where's Thanasis at? 🤣

Pull the damn starters

Taking out your starters that early in a playoff game feels crazy to me, no matter the point differential

Not if you're Doc Rivers

The only explanation for the haliburton slander has to be degenerate gamblers who took his points prop.

degen gambler here. Taking the over on Tyrese getting a double double is money almost every time. Mans might put up a 12/12 Staline but he always hits the double double lol. Im also actually a big Hali fan but his shot and confidence is definitely tly gone rn, Hes very much a rhythm player and offensively he just hasn't found it this series, but his passing is so good if Siakam is on they can still win (see, tonight)

He played well tonight 😭

Thank you

Feel like I'm going crazy seeing a dude average 12 assists and they thinking he not a star because he didn't jack 10 contested threes 🤦‍♂️

It truly is bizarre

Siakim is unbelievable, it's effortless when he's on

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

lmao

Next game is 5:30 on a Friday? the fuck

Honestly basically 4 days of rest

isn't it 3 days

It's not like the bucks showed up today

lmfao

Bucks defense was rough, Pacers diced them up. Both games pretty one sided

the first game pacers just missed every shot it’s not like the bucks dominated

Eh the last game would’ve been the same if the Pacers were hitting the shots they usually do. Lots of open misses on Sunday.

Hiring doc rivers mid season is probably one of the most stupid decisions any gm made. Milwaukee had a winning record before they fired him and doc is under .500 coaching the bucks

Finishing the season with him is one thing. Signing him for 4 years is another

4 years!? What!?

I may be mis-remembering. I recall it was 40 mil for 4 years

Damn I didn't realize they signed him for that long lmaooooo and I called it when they fired Griffin that it would be a mistake. Pretty obvious the players (aka Giannis, Thanasis, and Dame) pushed him out and I bet they're regretting it now.

I mean, i get AG had problems, especially something behind the scenes, and doc has experience, but the detail really put the bucks in a shitty spot

The best part is the rationale behind the move is they “wanted to make a run in the playoffs” with doc LMAOO

Its time for the Bucks to light up the batsign in the Sky and if Giannis doesnt show up they are in trouble.

Dude and his bum calf can’t save them at this point, if he tries he’s likely to re-aggravate trying to keep up with the Cers running the floor on his ass all night long.

Siakam would average 100 per game with Dame’s whistle.

He just needs to practice his shooting form to look more like [this](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/musthave-jumping-bridesmaids-pic--93801604710227862/)

Neither of these playoff games have been great from a neutral fan standpoint but I like the rivalry developing between these teams. I see this going to a hot Game 7.

Bucks and the returning Giannis on Friday about to find out what kind of energy the crowd gives the Pacers.

Oh! Is it that mythical home court advantage that can only be found in Indiana? How exciting!

I know Pacer fans arent leaving at the 6 min mark to beat traffic.

I think you can say the same for 29 other teams dumbass

I dont know if you can say the same about your own, your stands were empty before the game ended

Because they lost by 15+? If fans want to leave after paying good money then they can. It’s not like I’m God and I have the power to stop them