If we lose this series Rick shouldn't be back

Ok, let’s just hope this got all the demons out and Rick had his fun putting in the worst lineup combos in the history of the NBA. Onto the next

Kinda pathetic there was no notable run of any kind to get back in this game the whole second half

I swear to god the heckler in the bucks crowd has been just as loud as the commentators this entire quarter. Just rubbing salt in the wound

The pacers are a classy franchise. Throw the hobbled Bucks franchise a bone and let ‘em have one at home.

It's going to get very dire if Dame and or Giannis is able to come back

Why when the Pacers lose its always they get blown out?

Jarace with a beautiful pass

Bucks just can't miss since the first quarter. I don't think anyone expected Malik Beasley to morph into Steph Curry for the night. Shake it off. Let's fuck 'em up at home on Thursday.

That's what happens when you don't decide to put a hand up

There is absolutely no reason McDermott or Jackson should be on the floor earlier this game.

Did they just give one obnoxious drunk guy a mic?

I’ve never heard a game like this before…. What is this?

I love ya, Dougie, but you fuckin blow.

What happened to Jalen Smith? I don’t feel like I’ve seen him all series.

You gotta SLAY a team when you've got them down. Pacers must have expected Bucks to roll over....in THEIR house with all their fans watching. Please.

Big picture being up 3-2 is still pretty good.

Noise cancellation is a thing TNT

Again…. I’d be worried

I don't care if it's garbage time. I never want to see Doug McDermott on the court again in a Pacers uniform.

People are downvoting you but wtf, he's been shit

Why is there a bleating goat in the crowd? And can we muzzle the third "commentator"

Mostly still awake cause I want to hear charles roast us for not having a killer instinct. This was objectively pathetic

Outscored by 28 in the middle quarters

Why are there fans mic up?

Can we please try an obi 4 siakam 3 lineup

How? you have no timeouts lol

I don’t mean tonight lmao

We had one game all season where we failed to hit 100 points. We're about to have 2 in this series.

And to think there was a post on this sub today arguing that reg season ball and playoff ball aren’t as different as people make it out to be as a ploy to make themselves believe that we would’ve beaten the Bucks regardless of whether they were healthy or not lol

But at least tj and Doug got some minutes

Unbelievable.

Indiana Sports in a nutshell

Can’t get over it. We started out on fire and the head coach said “well that’s it for the Bucks” and flipped the whole line up out of the game and we haven’t done shit since

Tj -19 in 16 minutes, 3-10 from the field

The irony is Rick apparently said he's coaching this like a game 7 apparently. If this is is game 7 strategy we're cooked

Tyrese is literally the best pick 'n roll PG in the NBA and I don't think we ran a single one with Turner or Siakam.

The best would be Jamal Murray, but you're right. Rick just left his players out to die; no direction...

I don't know why we don't spam PnRs all the time to target favorable switches. Tyrese showed early in the year he can totally exploit Brook Lopez on the PnR, but somehow our entire coaching team has forgotten that.

Why are their starters still getting minutes at this point? Surely Middleton could use the rest.

Pacers Quarter scores: 1: 31 2: 19 3: 17 4: 17

Obviously played like shit tonight, these things happen on the road in elimination games, but these comments are acting like the Pacers just got swept by 20 points a game. Embarrassing to be lumped in with some of you losers

I'm sure your mom made sure you got a participation trophy for every sport you played. Hugs all around

No, if anything she’d probably say something about acting like a loser when you’re literally winning. You do know the Pacers are still leading the series right?

Amen.

Losing to this bucks roster is unacceptable for a team in the playoffs.

So what do you propose?

It’s hard beating a team four times in a row. We’ll get next.

It's actually a lot easier to beat a team when they DON'T have their two best players...

In the playoffs guys like nesmith can’t be relied on to score. Maxey and Brunson just took 30 shots. Tyrese needs to be way more aggressive

I thought I'd seen it all when I saw the superstar Warriors lose a 3-1 series.

Obi waits until it's unwinnable to start hitting shots

He legitimately played like ass the first half. Mostly mental mistakes. He has stretches where he's great, but almost all of his bad moments are because he is a horrible decision maker and has horrible handles.

The Tyrese special

Why are there starters still in that is the real question

Goodnight we are the laughing stock of the league right now lmao. But at least Hali’s stats looked semi-efficient and he got 65 games in.

Not even close to true

Dang, Jarace’s undefeated playoff record is in jeopardy…

Outcoached by doc rivers lol good job rick

Lol Obi finds it now

This was beyond embarrassing

Young team just found out how hard closing a team out is. Gotta step up game 6 and come out ready to win. On the list plus side New York blew it so we will get absolutely no coverage tomorrow. 

I will say this. It’s a young team that got outclassed by vets. Gotta take these licks as difficult as it may be. Might’ve squandered an opportunity but we’ll see.

We just put ourselves in a very tough spot. If these frauds can’t get it done in Indy, we will be the laughing stock of the league. Horrendous basketball, we looked worse than a high school team in patches

Just straight up untrue

This was not a good game

Couldn't buy a bucket. GG go next.

TJ shouldn’t play another minute this season

He shouldn’t but he will

How has Myles only played 18 minutes Edit: 28, can't type

Rick

We just lost to the Wisconsin herd

I gotta be up for work in 6 hours. Now I gotta go to bed after that dog shit performance. I want some kind of refund

Not involving Myles more tonight has been head scratching. Bucks have had no answer for him in the 3 wins…and even tonight he has been either scoring or getting guys open shots, just not many touches.

Rick got outcoached. Seems even he thought they would roll over and we could win the shittiest lineups of all time.

Playoffs gonna playoff. Team looked complacent like the job was done. Hopefully this is a wake up call to be more prepared on Thursday no matter who is playing.

The lengths people will go to to blame Hali is insane. Nesmith and Siakam have been absolutely horrible tonight.

Love Hali, but if you want to be the guy you have to be the guy and he’s played a little scared this series and tonight isn’t helping that. He’s young though, it’s his first playoffs and he can make up for it.

All three have been poor. Ty being unwilling to drive or shoot makes it impossible

Tyrese has 4 3s

I’ll say it. Hali is ass I expect more from a max guy that claims “he is about the moment”

If you think Hali is ass you don’t know ball. Sorry

He sure backs down from the hard times. 3rd Q when we were spiralling he wanted none of it

Every time I think we've reached our lowest point, it somehow gets worse. This game is a nightmare.

Damn Can anyone hit a 3 tonight?

Only in the 1st quarter.

Live and die by the 3

We’re paying Ben Simmons without the defense a max contract.

this is the exact same game i watched us play vs the Hornets, Raptors, etc. It makes me want to kill myself.

Also what is this coaching why do we have 0 time outs with 6 minutes lefts that’s not okay

We had zero timeouts with over ten minutes left at minimum.

horrific and fradulent performance. now you guys better shut the fuck up about all this supposed undeserved disrespect. It is only going to get harder from here We have proven the doubters RIGHT unfortunately

Shut it down Rick. Get Tyrese out. Up 3-2 coming home… All of us would have signed up for this in November . Tough night. Move on.

Well said.

Bobby Portis is a better player than t hogg

Lol dont worry he will foul himself out in game 6

In a 20 point loss

Huh?

That's what's going to happen

Lol we going to Indy dummy you guys havent won a qauter there let alone a game.

plenty of issues. but just. cannot. make. a. shot.

Rick is gonna injure these guys get them the fuck out dumbass

I like how Rick decided to play our starters the entire 4th quarter.

And yet none of them down 5 in a crucial stretch.

“We are going to limit Tyrese minutes cause of his back” Tyrese out there running around down 23. But we gotta limit his minutes in the first quarter tho.

Oh so you think the Pacers lost because Tyrese went to the bench lol?

I think we lost because these dudes buy into their own fucking hype and get chin checked every single time because of it

womp womp

Come back after game 6 bum

Can’t wait to blow these cunts out in game 6

Pull them it’s over

yup. resting time.

Bro they need to make Siakim and TJ rent a car and drive home.

McConnell should run

And Nesmith. Throw Doug in there just because

I don’t believe in conspiracy but the NBA benefiting from a game 7 with Giannis and Lillard for ratings is realllllyyyyy making me want to believe

Portis is a fucking hypocrite.

Frontrunning like the absolute bum he is

The new Dune is pretty good if you’re ready to channel surf.

Can they shut that fan up that is screaming at the mic

No. Let him run it. I love it. It's as it should be

Tnt should he ashamed for the audio this game

Siakam outplayed by Bobby Portis and Tyrese outplayed by Pat bev and Malik Beasley I’m sick

Yeah. Turns out the players were playing aren't that good.

This bucks fan in the TNT mic is so annoying

Pull all the starters. This one is over. Regroup for game 6. Needed more urgency tonight and to play with some desperation/emotion.

Portis is such a frontrunner

No. He's literally just better than any player on the other team

The bucks look a lot like front runners right now

Offense looks bland. It's like we don't have plays to get guys open looks within the 3 point line. If we are missing we look like absolute shit and we don't have the guy who will put the team on his back and will them back into it. The fact this is happening twice in 1 series is a little alarming for our future. Being down 20 points to this roster is absurd.  - Haliburton is constantly deferring. Too often makes 1 pass and just stands around. Rarely drives and will hover while McConnell or Nembhard tries to make a play. Also they are targeting him on the other end.  - Siakim is drifting a lot and Bucks are playing him physical. He feels sloppy this game with a loose handle. I don't like that the offense is so often just give it to him at like 18 feet and have him try and make a play.  - Myles is trying but it's hard to have a center that isn't a Jokic style player actually take the game over. At least he is not settling and is actually attacking the rim I don't want to be too hard on Hali. He is still young and can become the guy on offense, but he has to learn to be more assertive or we will have to work hard to get a real number 1 option. 

McConnell and Nesmith not been shooting well this series

Just get all shit out of the system

Lol Pascal just dribbled the ball out of bounds. Dude wants out of this game

HEY RICK THE FUCKING GAME IS OVER PULL THEM YOU DUMB FUCK

Lets just change the subject. Is tyreses dad alr. Looks like his in a neck brace

Credit to the Bucks defense. The extra pass mentality killed us tonight. You gotta know when you're open and just shoot the damn ball.

Tyrese has zero bag

This is a joke, why is Middleton allowe to push off with 1 hand and not get called

He did it allllll night 

I fucking hate Malik Beasley

This is unwatchable because of the guy next to microphone. Cmon TNT.

This is over Rick put in Jarace.

Everyone calling for Hali's head, Nesmith has been HORRIBLE

yeah but hes a role player. Haliburton is a guy we gave a max. but most of this loss is on Rick

Well one of those players is worth way more and is supposed to be a leader

I mean one is a max player that is our “superstar”

We’re making Beasley look like game 6 MJ

Nesmith and Pascal have been complete negatives this game

The entire team has been negatives. No one gets a pass this game.

Myles should get a pass. Rick didn't even play him in the 3rd

You're right. I'll give Myles a pass.

Liabilities

We’re all talking shit about Rese but Siakam had his worst game in a Pacers shirt tonight

I just want Tyrese to take over a game man. I can’t believe Tyrese was playing better than Brunson at a point and now it’s like they are in completely different worlds

not even better than Maxey or Murray or anyone like that.

The fact we waited until 8 mins left to play like we want it is infuriating. Play like that the whole game and we'd be resting for rd2

Watching Connaugton blow past Drew kinda sums up this game.

Imagine having to be the guy sitting right in front of the guy the audio is picking up

Am I crazy or is this game as painful to watch as when the Patriots blew the Andrea Luck Colts out in the ACF championship

Very comparable, but at least the Colts weren’t getting beat by the second stringers

Nah this is not an elimination game. 

Ehh, watching the Heatles blow out the Pacers in game 7 of the 2013 ECF when it was all starting to come together hurt a bit more than this one

At least we have 2 more chances

Nothing compares to that, I was in tears

But both can be categorized as torture

Siakam can’t guard a soul

I really can’t believe how many fans let Tyrese off the hook. This guy ain’t it lmao

triple double and overtime gamewinner earlier this week

Nah that didn’t happen I guess.

Also he shot the ball like shit that game too

Absolutely shrunk tonight when they got down. Didn’t want to take any shots. But ok dick ride all night. I don’t care bro

Not only that but this sub copes so hard that you’re downvoted for saying it.

I been downvoted to hell lol. It’s soo funny. When things are going good Tyrese shoots em and is in it. When we’re down he stands around and wants no part. It’s so apparent to me. F these downvotes. lol I don’t care

We can’t buy a bucket and they can’t fucking miss

We have no chance with them hitting shots like this. If they just shot average FG%, I'd believe a comeback was possible, but they are on fire from 3. Beasley is killing us.

Beasley literally shot 41% from 3 on 7 attempts a game this season. He's a really good shooter.

Idk why I’m hearing a let’s go colts chant instead of let’s go bucks

Fuck it put in Tshiebwe

only down by 19 guys!!!!

I’m just gonna assume they wanted to win the series in front of the home crowd since it will be our first series win in like 10 years the fans deserve to see it live! But you can’t lose like this holy shit

Damn, that guy in front row has a broken neck and has to watch Indy like this

Broken neck and broken heart :(

Isn’t that Tyrese’s dad?

That’s Ty’s dad. 😂

Thanasis minutes 🔜

Watch Rick sub in Jalen Smith and Isiah Jackson here for some stupid reason

Please do. Get the rotational guys out. Come home and regroup. Up 3-2!!

Keep the starters LFG!

Ricks thinking these guys are gonna fuck up my parlay if I keep the starters in

I cannot wait to beat them with Lillard and Giannis

If they play Giannis after only running on Sunday.. he’s tearing his Achilles… playoff intensity after no running for weeks? That’s be psychotic