The Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks will face off in the 2024 Eastern Conference Semifinals. Both teams won their first-round series in six games and moved on by winning on Thursday night.
INDIANAPOLIS — The final buzzer sounded just before 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday night, and the Indiana Pacers were celebrating. They had just taken down the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of their first round playoff series, and that meant the Pacers had won the best-of-seven set 4-2.
New York Knicks guard Josh Hart might have inadvertently given the Indiana Pacers a little bulletin board material back in February.
The first-round series between the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks has featured several blowouts. Playing Game 6 in Indianapolis on Thursday night, there was yet another one, but this time, it ended the series.
Patrick Beverley continued his sore loser streak following his team's Game 6 elimination.
The Indiana Pacers got the last laugh in their spirited first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, and Tyrese Haliburton could not resist taking a victory lap afterward.
Damian Lillard returned to action in Game 6 of the Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers series Thursday night, hoping that he would be able to help his team stave off elimination.
There is a reason why Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James said that Indiana Pacers backup point guard TJ McConnell is one of his favorite NBA players today.
Tyrese Haliburton will no longer have to deal with Patrick Beverley, at least in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, after the Indiana Pacers discarded the Milwaukee Bucks in just six games in the first round.
The Knicks and Pacers will meet in a few days, but until then, here are three stars from Thursday's doubleheader of NBA playoff games.
T.J. McConnell and Obi Toppin led the Indiana Pacers to a commanding 120-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks during Thursday’s NBA playoff action, catapulting the team into the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time in a decade.
Carlisle won the NBA Finals with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Until Thursday, that was the last time he won a playoff series.
The Milwaukee Bucks were ousted from the 2024 NBA Playoffs on Thursday night and Patrick Beverley didn’t take it very well at all. At the end of the game, a Pacers fan tossed him the basketball, but Beverley proceeded to fire it right back at them in anger and frustration.
He scored 15 points, collected five rebounds and gave out four assists in the first half of the contest as Indiana took a 59-47 halftime lead.
Damian Lillard has been dealing with right Achilles tendinitis of late, which has forced him to sit out the Bucks’ last two contests, during which the club has gone 1-1. Indiana leads the series 3-2, so Milwaukee must win out to advance.
The Indiana Pacers entered the NBA playoffs following a breakout season, with Tyrese Haliburton emerging as a bona fide star and the team holding promising prospects for the future.
The NBA broke standings ties for the 2024 NBA Draft late last month, and the entire order for the coming draft is now known. The Indiana Pacers are one of many teams who were invested in the tiebreakers as it formally set up what picks they have heading into the draft.
In reality, the entire Indiana Pacers squad should be blamed for Tuesday night’s embarrassing 115-92 loss to the shorthanded Milwaukee Bucks. However, two Pacers players in particular had especially lackluster outings.
Myles Turner showcased his remarkable three-point shooting prowess on Sunday night, leading the Indiana Pacers to a pivotal 126-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bucks are on the verge of elimination but it’s unlikely they’ll have their two best players available for Game 5 of their first-round series with the Pacers.
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