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The Indiana Pacers entered Tuesday night looking to finish off their series against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Tyrese Haliburton and company pushed the Bucks to the brink of elimination with a 129-103 victory in Milwaukee last Sunday, which saw Indiana go up 3-1 in the […]

Damian Lillard’s time in the 2025 NBA Playoffs was a short one. It lasted just three games, to be exact. Lillard missed several games toward the end of the 2024-25 NBA regular season and Game 1 of the Milwaukee Bucks’ first round against the Indiana Pacers, suffering a season-ending Achilles tear injury in Game 4 […]

The Pacers host the Bucks on Tuesday for Game 5, with a 3-1 lead! The Bucks need a win to stay alive, while the Pacers can close out the series and advance if they pull off a win in this game. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Bucks-Pacers prediction and pick. […]

After a double-digit victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 3, the Milwaukee Bucks came into Sunday’s Game 4 eager to even the series with another win. However, their plans were quickly derailed when star point guard Damian Lillard went down with a lower leg injury just six minutes into the game and was ruled […]

Rick Carlisle and the Indiana Pacers took a commanding 3-1 first-round series lead with a dominant 129-103 road victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. After the win, Rick Carlisle praised his team, saying, “We’re the kind of team that needs a lot of heroes,” referencing their collective spirit. He also highlighted their improved […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans were already stunned after Damian Lillard went down with a non-contact injury in Game 4 against the Indiana Pacers. Then the Bucks’ official X account posted a simple but heartbreaking message: a photo of Lillard, captioned, “Love you, Dame.” In just one season, Lillard had become more than just Milwaukee’s newest star. […]

The Indiana Pacers are on course to send the Milwaukee Bucks home from the playoffs for the second straight year, as they took a 3-1 lead in their first-round matchup courtesy of a 129-103 win on Sunday night. A playoff series isn’t over until a team wins four games, but the Bucks may be dead […]

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers have built up a bit of a rivalry with Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks over the past two seasons. The Pacers most notably eliminated them in the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament as well as in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and it’s clear that there is […]

The Indiana Pacers are looking to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Milwaukee Bucks with a win in Game 4, and Myles Turner made an emphatic statement early in the third quarter with a poster dunk over Giannis Antetokounmpo in transition. MYLES TURNER WITH THE POSTER ON GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO 😱pic.twitter.com/5d9hTzfov1 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) […]

The Indiana Pacers are currently gearing up for their Game 4 matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, where they will look to take a commanding 3-1 lead back to Indiana. The Pacers fell victim to a red-hot shooting night from Gary Trent Jr. and several other Bucks players during their Game 3 loss on Friday evening, […]

The NBA Playoffs continue, and the Indiana Pacers will be hoping to head back to Indiana with a 3-1 lead after getting blown in Game 3 when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4 Sunday. It’s time to continue our NBA Playoffs odds series with a Pacers-Bucks prediction and pick. The Bucks and […]

After a 117-101 win against the Indiana Pacers in their best-of-7 series, Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo commended Gary Trent Jr. for his performance in Game 3. Trent Jr. tied Ray Allen’s franchise record for most threes in a playoff game, connecting on nine treys in Friday’s blowout win. The Bucks avoided a 0-3 hole, […]

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers cruised to wins in the first two games of their series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Game 3, though, was a different story. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gary Trent Jr. refused to let their team go down 0-3. They needed a great performance, though, including a dominant run in the second […]

Some would say that the NBA was way more physical back in the day than it is now. Reggie Miller will probably tell everybody the same thing, as he was one of the biggest trash talkers in the league back in the day, and he got into several altercations throughout his career. One of the […]

Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller and teammate Stephen Jackson finally had closure with one another regarding the events of the infamous Malice at the Palace 21 years ago. Miller appeared as a special guest on an episode of Jackson’s All The Smoke podcast on Friday, reflecting on the events. Multiple fights broke out during that […]

The Indiana Pacers will attempt to take a commanding 3-0 lead as they play the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 of the First Round. The series shifts to Milwaukee as we continue our NBA playoffs odds series while making a Pacers-Bucks Game 3 prediction and pick. The Pacers defeated the Bucks 123-115 in Game 2 to […]

After Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard exchanged words during Game 1, it was more of the same in Game 2. The Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks rivalry continues to heat up, and with probable cause. The Pacers defeated the Bucks last season after missing Giannis Antetokounmpo for that playoff series. Not to mention, Haliburton has […]

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers handled their business through the first two games of their first-round series against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. After picking up a 19-point win on their home floor over the Bucks in Game 1 of this series, the Pacers held on to win 123-115 on Tuesday night. Indiana […]

With the Milwaukee Bucks down 0-2 to the Indiana Pacers, some might’ve hit the panic button. For Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo, he sees it as more than just being panicked. He dropped a bar on where the Bucks are at, via Eric Nehm of The Athletic on X (formerly Twitter). “It’s not something that you […]

The Indiana Pacers are cruising so far in the first round of the NBA playoffs. On Tuesday, Indiana blew past the Milwaukee Bucks 123-115 in front of its home fans to take a 2-0 series lead and move halfway to a bid in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Earlier on Tuesday, star point guard Tyrese Haliburton […]

Tyrese Haliburton is not beloved around the league. He draws the ire of opposing fan bases and arouses skepticism from his peers. The 25-year-old’s trash-talking ways can rub some people the wrong way, including former players, but the Indiana Pacers proudly stand by their guy. No matter how he performs, Haliburton brings the energy. And […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are scratching and clawing to get their first-round series with the Indiana Pacers back to Milwaukee with a 1-1 split, but things didn’t go to plan. Despite the return of Damian Lillard, the Pacers and their explosive offense has still been too much for the Bucks as Indiana rolls to a 123-115 […]

As if the first-round series between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers was not intense enough, some players got into it early in Game 2 of the matchup Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana. Late in the first period of the contest, Bucks shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. and Pacers shooting guard Bennedict […]

After Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard exchanged words, the Indiana Pacers point guard is having more criticism come his way. In a story by The Athletic, they anonymously asked players who the most overrated player in the league. Haliburton was at the top of the list, with 14.4% of the votes. In second, Rudy Gobert, […]

Since they won the 2021 NBA Finals, the playoffs have not been kind to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. This organization has won only a single series in the three years since their championship run, and now the Bucks are once again up against the wall after losing Game 1 of their first-round series […]

The NBA Playoffs continue, and the Milwaukee Bucks will be hoping to even out the series after taking the loss in Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers when they come into their matchup on Tuesday. It’s time to continue our NBA Playoffs odds series with a Bucks-Pacers prediction and pick. The Pacers look to build […]

For the second consecutive season, the Indiana Pacers are threatening to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks early in the NBA playoffs. However, after winning Game 1 in decisive fashion, Rick Carlisle implored his players not to get too far ahead of themselves. While the 117-98 win was encouraging, Carlisle knows the process is only one step […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers faced off in an intense Game 1 that showed that both teams are not fond of each other. The Pacers had control of the entire game, and late in the fourth quarter, the Bucks tried to make a comeback, but it didn’t work out. Tyrese Haliburton went to the […]

The Pacers host the Bucks on Saturday to start the NBA postseason! These two teams ended the regular season red-hot. This is a big game to start the postseason, especially with Damian Lillard still missing some time. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Bucks-Pacers prediction and pick. The Bucks finished the […]

There was a time not long ago when the Indiana Pacers were just happy to get into the NBA Playoffs. That’s not the case anymore. Speaking ahead of their first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Tyrese Haliburton made it clear — The Pacers are eyeing a championship run. Via The Indy Star: “I think even […]

The Indiana Pacers are not sneaking into this year’s playoffs—they’re charging in with momentum and something to prove. This version of the Pacers is fast, fearless, and battle-tested. However, they face a formidable first-round opponent in the Milwaukee Bucks. That’s a team that defeated them three times in the regular season and boasts two-time MVP […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are expected to welcome backup center Jericho Sims back into the rotation for their first-round playoff matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Head coach Doc Rivers confirmed Sims’ potential return in an update provided to The Athletic’s Eric Nehm, noting the big man participated in most of Tuesday’s practice. “Yes. I think so, […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar guard Damian Lillard will miss the beginning of his team’s NBA first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers as he continues to recover from a blood clot in his calf, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Initially on the injury report for an unspecified calf injury, Lillard was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will be entering the 2025 NBA Playoffs as the fifth seed, finishing the 2024-25 season with a 48-34 record. As a result, they will face the number four-seeded Indiana Pacers, a familiar foe who has tormented them in the past. During the regular season, the Bucks took a solid 3-1 victory over […]

The Indiana Pacers are a storied franchise marked by periods of prolonged success, including three ABA Championships, although they’ve never made it to the promised land in the NBA. That doesn’t mean they’ve been lacking in talent though. Some of the most notable names in the game’s history and those around the league today were […]

The Orlando Magic will be without several key starters, including forwards Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner, for their matchup against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. The Magic (40-40), who have already clinched the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference, begin a two-game road trip to close the regular season with a 7:00 p.m. […]

The Orlando Magic will battle the Indiana Pacers as both teams prepare for the postseason. It will be a showdown at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse as we continue our NBA odds series and make a Magic-Pacers prediction and pick. The Pacers lead the head-to-head series 73-56. The games have been tight recently, as the Magic and Pacers […]

Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers used their offensive prowess to set an NBA record at home against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night. Throughout the matchup, the Pacers scored 114 points as they got past their opponents by a final score of 114-112. It was a solid home win even though Cleveland rested most […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers arrived in Indianapolis down four starters, resting and nursing injuries in preparation for the playoffs. However, what they lacked in star power, the Cavs made up for in grit, resilience, and the kind of next-man-up mentality that championship contenders are built on. Without Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Max Strus—and […]