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The Milwaukee Bucks suffered their third straight first-round exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers, losing the series 4–1, which underscores their current offensive problems and injury situation of Damian Lillard.
Moments after the Pacers stunned the Bucks in a 119–118 overtime thriller to clinch the series, TNT sideline reporter Taylor Rooks sent an eight-word dispatch on X: “That’s a wrap from Indy… brawls and all,” followed by a laughing emoji.
Rooks’s quip perfectly captured the chaos that ensued after Tyrese Haliburton’s game-winning layup with 1.3 seconds remaining, capping an 8-0 run. Further, the night involved a confrontation between Haliburton's dad and Giannis Antetokounmpo, which forced Indiana to ban Mr. Haliburton from being at the court side for the foreseeable future.
Haliburton's performance drew praise from Rick Carlisle, the head coach of the Pacers.
“This one will go down as one of the all-time great Pacers wins because of the circumstances, because of what was on the line,” He said. “Ty, obviously, authored a big part of this ending. So congratulations to him.”
That’s a wrap from Indy….brawls and all pic.twitter.com/Rdkg8QegNG
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) April 30, 2025
Reflecting on his team's performance in the last minutes, head coach Doc Rivers regretted the two mistakes.
“I thought the turnovers obviously were huge,” He said. “Two of the three were really unforced. But I thought we had two huge defensive mistakes that we made. We came out of the timeout with a foul to give. We were supposed to use it. Didn’t use it. Those are the things that just kill you.”
Antetokounmpo lamented not being able to continue playing in the playoffs. This early exit would come as a big blow to him because strived hard this past month, dropping exceptional performance game after game.
"I wish I was still playing. I wish I was still like competing and going back out there.” Antetokounmpo expressed.
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