2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. #6 Indiana Pacers (IND WINS 4-2)

[Ducklett]

Refs took this game over and it still isn't close.

[drekwins]

Hali does not look good

[srhcan]

monster game from Siakam, 36 points, 14 rebounds

[DonaldSanders]

Siakam and Lillard both shot 24 shots, but Pascal had 36 pts.

Based on standard RealGM overreaction, this means that Siakam > Lillard.

[The4thHorseman]

Thank God that's over

[ItsDanger]

Haliburton looks fine physically to me. Its his first playoff game. He learned the quick lesson that its a different level than regular season. Have to lead your team.

[drekwins]

Post All Star game, Hali is only a 30.6% 3P shooter. Only 17pts as well. Perhaps we crowned him too soon.

[durden_tyler]

Ugh that was an ugly pick. Had the Pacers to win so that’s a loss and almost singlehandedly messed up by day after backing the Clipps and Celtics.

[azcatz11]

Ugh that was an ugly pick. Had the Pacers to win so that’s a loss and almost singlehandedly messed up by day after backing the Clipps and Celtics.

Who do you like in the next game?

[Badlands]

Crazy stat: Lillard was -6. They were +21 with him on the bench.

[drekwins]

Middleton is also a big X-factor. If he plays like that, Milwaukee is going to be fine.

[DonaldSanders]

Crazy stat: Lillard was -6. They were +21 with him on the bench.

Are the Bucks better without Lillard?

[Perishable517]

Bev is playing great. His passing has been on point all game

He's had some nice on-ball moments since Giannis has gone out. Its impressed me, who didn't know he had a game outside of spotting up and playing borderline sexual assault D.

Now that is a quote "Borderline Sexual Assault D"

Love it!

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[RB34]

Huge game for Siakam, shame he missed so many missed FTs. Hali was extremely disappointing.

Bucks looked great.

[xBulletproof]

Post All Star game, Hali is only a 30.6% 3P shooter. Only 17pts as well. Perhaps we crowned him too soon.

The rest of his life he's shot over 40% from 3 at every level, every year.

All this says is something was wrong with him, the injury was obvious, which is when the poor shooting started but I think people forget other factors. He wasn't expected to be who he was to start the year. That takes a certain amount of energy guys who haven't done it, aren't used to. He wasn't that guy in college either. So this star treatment was new to him.

So he didn't take the summer off (Team USA), then goes straight into being a guy who has to carry his team. Then the injury. I'm guessing fatigue issues, combined with the injury. I was actually hoping he didn't make the Olympic team, but he did. So I dunno.

[NyKnicks1714]

Crazy stat: Lillard was -6. They were +21 with him on the bench.

It's almost like single game +/- doesn't mean anything.

[Nuntius]

Good game, Bucks fans. Experience clearly won out here (as it tends to do in the playoffs). I'm just glad that we responded a bit in the second half.

We absolutely need to regroup if we want to have any chance in this series. And Hali definitely has to be better. I know that he's not 100% and that he's probably not trusting his hamstring enough but we need more than 7 FGA out of him.

[Myth]

If anyone bet Dame to score 40 this game they must be having a stroke

30pts 1st half
5pts in 2nd half so far and he might not play 4th quarter

Wasn’t all 35 of his points in the first half?

[Hoop Hunter]

Congrats to the Bucks, kicked our butts big time. On to game 2.

[Jamaaliver]

Trae Young Fans watching all the Haliburton hate after a subpar playoff debut:

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