Myles Turner Trolls Bucks Following Epic Playoff Collapse

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nicholas Simon | Last updated Apr 29, 2025 11:04 PM ET

The Indiana Pacers sent the Milwaukee Bucks home on Tuesday night, winning Game 5 of their first-round series in a 119-118 overtime thriller to officially take the series 4-1.

The game will be immortalized for the epic collapse on the Bucks' part, who held a seven-point lead with 40 seconds left remaining in OT. The Pacers' promptly stormed back and a Tyrese Haliburton layup with 1.3 to go sealed the series win for Indiana.

Milwaukee is already catching hell on social media for falling apart at the worst possible time and their first-round opponents are joining in on the fun. Pacers center and former Texas Longhorns star Myles Turner immediately took to X after the game to troll Milwaukee for its meltdown.

We Move! #YesCers pic.twitter.com/M9vRlykyCX
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) April 30, 2025

Turner is, of course, invoking the famous choke gesture given by Pacers legend Reggie Miller to New York Knicks superfan Spike Lee during Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals. New York blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter as the future Pro Basketball Hall of Famer dropped 25 points in that same period, leading to one of the most iconic taunts in NBA postseason history.

Turner himself played a vital role in the series finale on Tuesday, nearly putting up a double-double with 21 points and nine rebounds in the victory. The Euless, TX, native averaged 16.8 points and 4.8 rebounds a game throughout the first-round and Indiana will definitely need to continue leaning on his production if it wants to continue advancing through the postseason.

The Pacers are now set to face the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in round two, so we'll see if that series will end with more social media trolling on Turner's part.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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