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Aliburton ORG takes it in the backcourt. Six seconds to go. Crosses over on Beverly FAC. Float game for the win. Everyone, Tyrese, the Terrar PERSON! Let's go!

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This is Tyrese Helberg, and you're listening to Setting the Fakes ORG. Hey, Sur Nation ORG, what is going on?

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Welcome back to another episode here of your go-to-facer podcast. In the Indiana Pacers, have a two-to-one series leader for the Milwaukee Bucks ORG, winning 121, 118 in overtime, and a thriller. Tyrese Halliburton Fasier has the go-ahead shot with 1.3 seconds left, hits the free throw, ends up stealing the deal for the Pacers ORG. There was so much going on tonight, but let's start with this overtime.Crazy stuff. Crazy stuff is going on, but I'm curious, how are we feeling?

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On top of the world, I just think that what we saw tonight,

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I truly don't think that we're ever going to forget.

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I don't. This was a moment that will sit with us for years to come. We've been on the end of countless heartbreakers. I mean, LeBron PERSON game winners or the goal tend that they don't call in the past and everything like that. If you stuck with this team over the years, tonight, the basketball gods rewarded you. This is something I will not be forgetting anytime soon.

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I mean, it was just such a back and forth game. And really, if you go back to the first quarter, Indiana gets out to a 17-point lead. Everything feels like this is going to be a 30-point win. Dame PERSON gets hurt. Obviously, Middleton PERSON was questionable coming into the game. And then all of a sudden, the bucks just kept chipping away and chipping away and chipping away. They take the lead in the fourth quarter.Indiana ORG looks like they're about to blow this game. And it felt like, oh my God, are you serious once again? But the Pacers ORG, they never gave up. They were resilient. They fought to the bitter end. And we get to overtime, Fanchi PERSON. And I'm thinking to myself, how are they going to end up being able to win this game? They had a possession that lasted for almost two minutes. They had five offensive rebounds in that possession.I think one might have been a call to foul or something like that. But it was just constantly being involved here. They don't get a shot on that possession, but they'd kill like two minutes of the five-minute overtime period on one play. Chris Middleton goes down. Goes for a dunk. Miles Turner PERSON just barely touches him in the back. It's enough to affect the shot. He misses it, but he gets two free throws. And then, I think, was that the tie game? How did the Pacers ORG tie the game? Do you remember?

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In overtime, let's see.

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So in overtime, there was 10 points scores.

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A little bit of everyone. You had Nemhard hit a basket. That was big.

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Yes, that's what happened.

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So Nimhart hit the basket after Middleton PERSON did that, right?

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He hit that step back to tie the game. You're right. And so then the Bucs missed, and the Pacers ORG had a crazy play again, and Neesmith hits a buzzer three in the corner. And he's been terrible. He's been terrible shooting-wise.Not just this game, all series long. He's just not hitting shots.

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It was electric because I just felt like when Seacom ORG passed him that ball,

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it was like a desperation.

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Like, someone's got to shoot it. And when Neesmith PERSON went up with that, I just, man, I went nuts. And I always heard that little ball of string and the paper clip, you know, the meme for Sponged

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Bob for Neesmith any day.

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Because that shot right there, it made me feel like, all right, you know what?

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There's no way Middleton PERSON can do it again right i was wrong i mean this game had a little bit of everything my emotions

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i was a nervous wreck going through these ups and downs i started thinking like just let us have

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one and in the end middleton banks it in again tied up at up at 1.18 apiece.

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Only problem, you left too much time on the clock.

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Yeah, I will say this. If we go back to the Neesmith 3, he was 0 of 6 from 3 when he takes this shot. He's shooting Fachi, a horrific 22.7% from 3 through the first three games. Aaron Neesmith once led the NBA in three-point percentage this season.

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Feels like a lifetime ago.

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Yeah, I hated almost every shot he took tonight for the most part. A lot of rush shots, but anyway, we'll get into that later. He hits this one. It's kind of funny, Tyres Halbert and one of 12 from three tonight. He was pushing and pressing a lot down towards the end of the game too, especially in the fourth quarter, just couldn't find a look.But I would just say this. The fact that Neesmith PERSON steps up and hits that shot, you talked about it. Middleton comes back down because we know Middleton hit the three to send it to overtime. He does it again and ties it one more time. And he left 6.7 seconds on the clock instead of just 1.1 that the Pacers ORG had an overtime and regulation. So it gave the Pacers ORG plenty of time. And I love the play design. Let Tyrese Halliburton PERSON pick up the steam, come down the court fast,and attack the basket. I felt like the Pacers in most of the overtime and in the fourth quarter, they were trying so hard to make threes or long twos. And they were not getting any good looks at the basket. So you run this play to get Tyrese ahead of steam going downhill. He gets that little switch up kind of gets Pat Bev PERSON on his heels. Pat Bev PERSON fouls him out of the game. He makes the floater. He hits the free throw. The Pacers go up by three with like a little bit of over a second left in the game. And it really justput the icing on the cake and made it that much more difficult for Milwaukee to get another clean look. So I just say that play where Tyrese just went off in that moment right there, had his playoff moment, his moment that will always remember, it was just an incredible play design. And I thought a great execution and great for Tyrese to have that

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moment. I couldn't agree more. Love the play design because when the patients were trying to inbound previously, Hal Burton was like in a straight jacket the way they were playing defense on him. There was times where he was not even able to even get the ball. So loved how he had the running start. First, I was worried, is he going to have enough time to be able to get a good look? But yeah, the way he was zigging and zagging.I mean, Pat Bev PERSON was truly going back and forth, side to side. That's the second game winner. He's now hit on Pat Bev PERSON in the past. Love it.

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And you got to get, you know, Patrick Beverly PERSON, credit on defense. He played really hard. Halliburton had a rough shooting night. But the thing that I could live with and that I love is that he didn't stop shooting. At one point, he was 7 of 21 before he hits that last shot. That was the biggest shot.And that's all we've asked is like we could live and we could live with it if he misses, but don't be afraid to take it.

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And that moment, him hitting that shot is how you build a legacy. And I'm not talking brick by brick like the shots he was missing, but that's laying down the groundwork into this is your legacy in Indiana ORG. I wish I was in that crowd. You were there. What was that eruption like when Halliburton ORG hit that and won?

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Fachi, it was incredible. It was the best game I've been to in my life as a Pacer ORG fan

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or someone covering the Pacers ORG, right? Like, the crowd was incredible, especially from the start.

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You kept seeing people tweeting about it like, man, this Indiana ORG crowd for a 530 tip off,

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you can feel it in the building. Everybody was hyped. Everyone was excited. I think they did a great, even the national anthem was getting a ton of love. When they introduced a starting five, you couldn't even hear them say the buck's starting five. They were booing so loud. Everybody was erupting with cheers for Tyrese Halliburton, Andrew Nimhardt Turner PERSON. The whole group got a lot of love and a lot of praise.Pascal Seachin got a ton to start things out. And then you bring out the most popular woman in the world besides Taylor Swift PERSON,

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Caitlin Clark PERSON, bring her out, have her rev it up. The crowd's going crazy.

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I mean, Anthony Richardson, Colts ORG quarterbacks in the building,

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Tony Dungey's in the building, you know, the who's who's of Indiana ORG, we're here for this game. And you could just feel it. It felt like, man, we are on top of the world. And it kind of got quiet there when the bucks sucked the wind out of the building. But I will say, the Pacers ORG fan base did an amazing job coming to life in those crucial moments.You could feel the anxiety in the building. Everybody was anxious. Everybody was just like, what is going to happen next? Can the Pacer stop Middleton PERSON? 42 points. What's going to happen? And then Tyreseacer stop Middleton? 42 points. What's going to happen?And then Tyrese hits the dagger. And Tyrese, his energy tonight from the dunk that he had, the offensive rebound tip slam that he had early.

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He looked like a totally different player. Led the team, like you said, in shots tonight. 22 field goal attempts. And you know what? He had a triple double, second triple double of his career tonight.

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And he happens to have that in his first home playoff game. So just honestly, like you can't say enough about what that crowd was like and what Tyrese Halberton PERSON was like in this game.

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You really can't. Honestly, like I mentioned before, I was a nervous wreck to the point where when it was overtime, there was about 15 seconds to go. Maybe it was, I don't know, maybe there was like a minute to go. My wife got a face time from one of her friends. I just heard them talking about some rim stuff. I just turned to her. I just gavethe look. And she was like, I'll leave and just like picked up and left. And it was like, not now, babe. Like everything is on the line here. And it was just that moment. I mean, I was standing up glued to my TV just saying, please, please give us this one. And for Halberton PERSON to come through like that, you mentioned it, you know, a triple double. I believe there's only the fourth playoff triple double for a pacer. So he's in elite territory, but I mean, 16 assists.We knew that there would be some special games. We thought maybe, you know, hey, he'll go off eventually. He didn't maybe go off scoring wise, but his imprint on this game, it was everywhere. You talked about he was one of 12 from three. It's gross. But the three he hit was big in the fourth quarter. Like his shots, that he didn't stop shooting. That's what we needed. And this was a night where, you know,Seacom ORG didn't really have it going the way that he had before. And you needed guys to step up. And I felt like in overtime, fourth quarter, guys stepped up. I mean, we talked about Halliburton ORG and all that. But like the big thing that we got to talk about is the second chance points and the offensive rebound. Just to put it in perspective, I'll say 32 second chance points.I looked it up. It's the fourth most in any playoff game in the last 25 years. Wow. The amount of offensive rebounds, it's six

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in overtime. I mean, think about how tired these players are at the end of the game. To be able to

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come up with these offensive rebounds, that's digging deep to say who wants it more. And in this game, when you saw it, you could be a neutral fan, you could be anybody. You watched it and you said, I think the Pacers ORG just want it more.

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Yeah, I mean, honestly, like, in that stretch, we talked about it, like, just kind of briefly kind of skimmed over it. I said, like, they had a possession for a minute and 40 seconds.

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Tyrus Halliburton was the one that got the first offensive rebound. And then Andrew Nimhart

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had like three in a row. He wouldn't quit. Andrew Nimhart PERSON is fighting on the glass

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with five thousand in overtime and doesn't pick it on the court. Maybe he was a man amongst

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boys out there. I mean, Andrew Nimhard PERSON was so, so good in this game. And I go back to what we've talked about with our previews and things like that.

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And we're really like, we're both pretty high on like Aaron Eastwood can be the X Factor ORG.

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But I brought up Nimhart could be the X Factor ORG for this team.

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And I feel like the last two games, he really has been. Yes.

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I feel like he has been.

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And we talked about Portis kind of being an X Factor for Milwaukee ORG. But I also said they need Chris Middleton PERSON to be all-star Chris Middleton to have any chance to beat Indiana ORG. And he was that tonight.

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He was all NBA tonight.

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The 42 points is a career high for Chris Middleton PERSON in the playoffs. So the fact that, you know, he was putting this team on his back. And I thought one thing that was really interesting, and I want to bring this up here because I was late to notice because when you're at the game, there's a lot more going on when you're just watching at home. I will say this. Damien Lillard was guarding Nimhart PERSON for the majority of the time he was out there, but they switched it,and they put him on Neesmith PERSON for a while. And I thought that was a great move by Doc Rivers because Aaron Neesmith PERSON is not the level of screener that Andrew Nimhart PERSON is with that, you know, that is not an inadvertent. I'm trying to think of inverted pick and roll. Excuse me. I always messed that word of inverted pick and roll.And I thought the Pacers just kind of let Dame PERSON play no defense because they just kind of put knee Smith in the corner for a lot of the offense there, especially in the fourth quarter. But for some reason, like the last few minutes of the fourth and overtime, they put Dame back on Nimhart and they switched it back up to put Middleton PERSON on knee smith. And maybe Middleton PERSON was just tired. So they were trying to save him offense by doing that.

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So that makes some sense to me.

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But Doc Rivers said that he was dealing, Damien Lillard PERSON was dealing with an Achilles injury that he re-injured in the fourth quarter after he already had the knee injury that took place in the first quarter. So he couldn't hang with Nimhard PERSON and Nimhard made him pay on the offensive glass. And I just wanted to say like I thought that was very, very important to what happened there

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in that stretch. We don't win this game without Andrew Nimart PERSON. We don't. I know obviously Tyrese hits the unbelievable shot. Miles Turner had 29 points. We'll get to that. Andrew Nemhard was just battling. He was hustling. We talked about the shot that he hit, that that was huge to tie it up. But those offensive rebounds just gave the pacer so many opportunities and was just like sucking the wind and the life out of the bucks. And I just felt that seeing that was just like he just wouldn't quit. Those are the type of plays that every single team needs.You need an Andrew Nemhart PERSON that's going to dig deep. And I just felt that that's exactly what he did. And yeah, I mean, Damien Liller PERSON was, I didn't even know if he was going to go out there at the end. There was a moment where he was on the sideline and it was like, you know, I read afterwards that he told Dr. Rivers PERSON, hey, I'll go out there. I'll be a decoy. Because he's banged up. He's banged up right now. And I think the Pacers ORG, they see him out there.You have to attack him at every moment. We'll see what happens as it relates to his health status for Sunday. But yeah, Andrew Nemhardt PERSON took advantage of that matchup when it mattered most. Dane was nowhere to be found on those offensive rebounds, the defensive rebounds, but it turned into offensive rebounds for us. And I just think that that was such a big difference maker in this game. The Pacers had 19 offensive rebounds. That does not sound like the Indiana

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Pacers to me, but I love every second of it. Well, they have more size and they're more athletic than the bucks, right?

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I mean, I'm going to say more size. That's a big difference.

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When I say more size, I don't mean more size than the bucks. I mean they have more size and they're starting five than they used to. I want to make sure I clarify that. But they are more athletic than the bucks, right? Like Brooke Lopez PERSON, when he's out there, like, he just looks a step too slow.

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And I think you'll probably see when Yanis comes back, Lopez, not out there and more of a Portisianus, Yonis, 4, 5 matching up with Indiana ORG, which I think makes more sense.

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But we'll have to see how healthy Janus PERSON is.

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And if he plays in game four, Rick Carlis did allude to that, but he thinks that there's a good chance he could play in game four just because I think everybody's just waiting for it to happen. Now they're down

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two to one, if Dame PERSON has got this lingering injury, like, is there more pressure on him to come back out there? I don't see Middleton PERSON having another career high in playoff points. I mean, I just, I think that like he gave like an all-out, like Chris Middleton PERSON great game and they took an L on that. And I think that's a big win for Indiana that Middleton had like probably one of the best games of his entire playoff career and resulted in a loss.

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Like that's a big, that's a big thing for the Pacers ORG. But I want to go back to the fourth quarter here, Fachi, with about six minutes left, you talked about it. Tyrese Halliburton, the only three that he made with, it was massive.

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He gives the Pacers a two-point lead with six minutes left. 99 to 97. Lillard comes down, of course, gets fouled, makes two free throws. Pacers miss a three. But Tyreys Alburton gets another offensive rebound, and he makes an 11-foot driving floating jump shot.Great job by him. And then, of course, Lillard PERSON gets fouled again because that's kind of like the M.O.

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But a lot.

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And so then the Pacers ORG turn the ball over. Lillard gets fouled again because that's kind of like the M.O. But a lot. And so then the Pacers turned the ball over. Lillard PERSON stole the ball. This is where Lillard PERSON kind of like clamped up time when he tried to drive to the basket. And Bobby Portis makes that three in the corner. I was worried.

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And the Bucks ORG took the lead. You felt the momentum shift.

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And this is when Miles Turner PERSON steps into the play. He hits a huge right corner three and ties the game back up. The Bucks ORG call timeout. Middleton PERSON comes down and scores. And then they run a pick and roll where Halliburton finds Turner PERSON wide open for a dunk.

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And it was those two plays by Turner PERSON to keep the game within striking distance that I felt like really helped the Pacers ORG stay afloating this. Because Indiana then goes on a little bit of a run here with Nimhard getting fouled, making one of two, and then Seacum hit getting the and one and missing it and making it 109 to 106. If he makes that free throw, that totally changes a game. But I know I'm saying a lot. I just wanted to say that stretch there was big and I want to give a lot of credit to Miles Turner for matching those shots from the free throws from Dame PERSON and Chris Middleton's

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big shot, because I felt like Miles PERSON was absolutely incredible offensively shooting-wise

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in this game. No, he really was. 29 points, that's a career high. 22 points in game two,

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that was a playoff career high. He's bringing his A game. But yes, as it relates to that sequence

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that you talked about, there was a span. It was like two or game. But yes, as it relates to that sequence that you talked about, there was a span. It was like two or three minutes, basically, where no one scored. Right. And it was,

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things were getting really, really nerve-wracking. I'm going to be honest. I'm not a very superstitious person. I changed my shirt. I literally, I was wearing a Pacer ORG's polo. I thought to myself, Pacer ORGs have lost the last two times. I've won this. Changed. I'm wearing the Pacer's finals shirt from 2000. I don't know. I'm not going to take any credit for this game at all, but I needed to get that shirtoff. Anyway, going back to it, Pascal Seacum PERSON grabs two really crucial offensive rebounds during that

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span. One was the one that saved it. Nammard PERSON gets

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fouled. Yep. Misses that free throw. Honestly, when the camera turned to him, I looked at his face. I was like, looks a little bit nervous. Hasn't been in like a big, big moment like this before. He goes one of two. All right, whatever.Seacom ORG gets that rebound. It lays it in and one. When he missed the free throw, I was like, oh, no, like don't do this to us. And it did come back to bite the pastures because if they do hit those free throws, even one of them. You know, maybe Middleton's in a spot where he can't, no, that three doesn't tie it up. So you got to hit your free throws.But I just felt that, yeah, when you're talking about Turner, the performance that he had tonight,

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he was rock solid throughout the game. The 29 points are great, but he was, it's not like it was like, oh, he did a lot of his damage early on. He was consistent throughout each quarter, essentially giving the Pacers anywhere from like what felt like six to eight points in most quarters.

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Like in the third quarter, he poured in seven points.

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And then I think in the fourth quarter,

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he had like six or eight points. It's just like he kept bringing it. And I just feel like for Turner PERSON, like this is everything that he's waited for. And now he's stepping up to the plate and being that leader. And I mentioned it a little bit earlier. Seacom carried the Pacers through games one and two.I think that he did everything he could. In game three, like you needed other people to step up. He can't just score 35 a night. And, you know, while I did think they should have gotten him more touches, I thought Milwaukee defended him very well. But it was guys like Miles Turner PERSON that really stepped their game up to the next level. Obviously, we touched on Halliburton ORG. And I just think that overall, for the starting five, I mean, they all range anywhere from 13 to 29 points.I think you had that type of, you know, diversity in terms of scoring.

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Yeah, I thought the starters are really good in this game. And the bench, it had its moments, but I felt like, towards the end, like, this bench is just not very strong right now. And I hate to say it like that. We love McConnell PERSON. We love Shepard. We love Obie Topping. And I hate to say it like that. We love McConnell. We love Sheppard PERSON. We love Obie Topping PERSON.And I thought Obie Topping was absolutely awesome in the first half.

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First quarter.

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First quarter. About like 11 points.

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That was huge.

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Did you hear the chance on the TV?

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Was that?

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Did you hear the chance on the TV for Obie Topping PERSON?

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A little bit, a little bit.

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Yeah.

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The whole entire arena bust out into an, oh,

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OB topping.

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I was like, oh my gosh, this is so funny. Who would have thought that? Yeah. Look at OB-Topping chance.

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I think that Tyrese got some MVP chance there at the end on the game winner.

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And my favorite was when Bobby Portis was to the free of the line.

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That was great.

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Crowdshanee, Bobby PERSON sucks, okay? You know, Refu suck is a classic when you don't like a call, but like Bobby PERSON sucks. I like that Bobby Portis didn't respond to the crowd and just kind of like was like taking it all. And I think that kind of like motivated Bobby PERSON. I think honestly like Bobby PERSON likes to be the villain.So I don't know how much that was like great strategically by the Pacers ORG fans to do that. But it was a very, it was a very cool moment. If you were a Pacer ORG fan, probably being able to chant that just because it's just like, after what he said about them being front runners and things like that, you know, whatever. But it was honestly, though, you brought up a great point about Pascal Seac and getting those two offensive rebounds.And the way that Milwaukee ORG defended him. I still don't think they really double teamed him much, maybe a little bit here and there, but it was just a much more physical brand of defense from Bobby Portis. And, you know, some of those stepbacks that he was hitting in Milwaukee ORG, he just wasn't hitting in this game. Like, they're still tough shots. And he might not have been getting as clean of a look that he hadn't been getting. But still, we thought, you know, from our conversations with different people, like double teams could comeand really make it more difficult. But, you know, Milwaukee ORG, they really can't afford to double team because they don't have enough defensive help. And I thought one of the nice adjustments that Doc Rivers PERSON did make was put Andre Jackson, Jr. in the game. His length, his defense was big for the bucks kind of cutting down that lead there in the secondand the third quarter because they just don't have a lot of room for error. And Pat Bev PERSON is a guy that can really play solid defense, but he picked up some stupid

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fouls on back to back plays, like right back to back. And, you know, Derek Kramer PERSON from my

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pastures looked at me as like, why is he cheering about that? Like, that's just stupid. Like,

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it's okay to be physical, but like he was like cheering the fact that he got two thousand right there.

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And then he picked up two other cheap ones later and got himself out out of the game. I know that he fouled out like at the end of regulation or end of overtime, excuse me, but still, like, why are you cheering about stupid fouls when they're not necessary? Just play defense. So overall, though, I just thought the way that the guys just kind of kept their composure, they never once allowed the Bucks lead to get bigger than three. That was the largest league Milwaukee had all night. And I know Indiana had a 19 point lead at one point, but still three points. Once Milwaukee kind of got momentum, Indiana ORG never let them run away with it.

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And that's the thing, because there was a moment when the Bucks ORG finally took the lead. Like when Bobby Porter's hit that three and they went up three, I was like, you know, we had really just led like essentially the whole entire game. Like it's going to be hard to get this lead back. But the Pacers ORG took every single punch on the chin and just kept fighting. They kept matching the baskets. and it was just, it was intense, man.It really was. Like, this was a game that put me through the works, but this is why you love this team so much, because we have been let down a lot this year.

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We have. You know, the Patriots ORG have had some really bad losses. But when you finish the job and you get this one done the way that they did,

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having that Tyree's true game winner, he had a lot of big shots this year where he put the teams away. This was a true game winner. Like you mentioned, his first playoff game at home. And I just feel like, what a moment. Like, this is what it's all about.This is why you want to be in the playoffs. Because after a night like this, you're really thinking, you're really, I mean, at least I am, I'm confident. We can take this Bucks team down because I think that the Pacers ORG at times, they haven't put it all together. They've had their moments.But, like, when they do put it all together, you're looking at a really good Pacers ORG team, specifically in the first half. Indiana at one point had 22 assists on 27 shots. Yeah.

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They were just doing amazing.

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I mean,

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you talked about that first quarter bit. When McConnell hit that three, I just felt like that place was erupting.

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And it was like,

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that's a playoff atmosphere that everybody wants to be a part of.

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And I just feel that tonight, when you look at the starters, you know, just about everybody played 40 minutes. I know that this was a game that, you know, obviously went into overtime, but you need to have your best guys out there. Yeah.

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And I think that that's what the Pacers did and it worked tonight.

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I knew that was coming. They got outscored 8 to 2 by Milwaukee ORG.

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And then you take out Jalen Smith, but it'll be topping with that group, and they played a minute 41.

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That was probably in the fourth quarter. They got outscored by five.

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And that's when the bucks cut it to two to start the fourth. So you can kind of see they're like, okay, it's okay to play the bench unit, but you have to be very careful with how many minutes you give them and how long of a leash. And I think that both squads got really tired towards the end of this game. I think the Pacers ORG conditioning is better than Milwaukee ORG's because they play faster.

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And I think that's why they were able to get so many offensive rebounds on that one possession. The bucks were gassed and they were riding the coattels of Chris Middleton PERSON towards the end of the game. I mean, that's just the bottom line to me. And Indiana, I think, was more nervous and just taking some rush shots and kind of force them from three because they had decent looks but not great ones.

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But I'll just say this. You're right. They have to be much more strategic in terms of what lineups they play and when they play them. I know that the Seaccombe, Neesmith with the bench unit worked last game in Milwaukee ORG, but I don't think, you know, they adjusted for that.So now what adjustment are you going to make to match that? You know, even though you won, you still have to make adjustments, in my opinion, because you cannot go that long and be that stagnant with, you know, that offensive group. I just don't feel like there's enough creation out there. And maybe you try to stagger where you at least have one of Nimhard or Halliburton ORG out there at all times.

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I think that is really important. Just touched on Jalen Smith PERSON real quick. We didn't see him at all in game two. I don't know if we're going to see him in game four. The Jalen Smith minutes have not been good at all.

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Just three minutes.

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There was nothing in those three minutes that said he needs to play four minutes.

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You know, so I don't think we're going to see him. And for Obie Toppe, in specific, the first quarter, he was five of five.

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He finished the game after that going one of six. And I just felt that, you know, just missed a free throw at one point, and he had a couple of fouls. I wasn't in love with his minutes after the first quarter. So, yeah, from the bench, I don't think there was a lot there outside of that first quarter. So that's going to be, I think they will be better moving forward. I think they're going to have to be better moving forward. But I think that when youjust look at the rest of this team, you saw just a lot of hustle, a lot of hustle. I mean, from an offensive rebounding standpoint, Siakum had four, Neesmith had four, Halliburton had five offensive rebounds in this game. Andrew Nemhart had three offensive rebounds. That's crazy. That truly is really crazy. And that's that hustle and heart that we saw. So I think that, hey, if you could survive with Seacum scoring 17 points on 7 of 17 shooting and Halliburton ORG on the flip side, it has 18 points on 8 of 22 shooting, I think you're going to be just all right.And I think that we're going to see one of those great Halliburton ORG performances from an offensive side where maybe, you know, he does score 25 points or more. But the one thing I just want to emphasize is like, we've seen in the first two games for New York, Jalen Brunson PERSON has shot the ball so poorly. Like 29 shots, he was going on like 8 of 29, but the Knicks ORG won. And they didn't care what he shot. A night like tonight is just like, Tyrese, we have faith.And I know he's taking a lot of heat, a lot of heat. So far in this series, we're up two to one. He leads the playoffs and assists. He had a triple double tonight. He hit the biggest shot when we needed it most. Give the guy some grace.All right, it's his first playoff series. He's going to be fine. And what we're seeing tonight is a true star in the making. But this team, they have players that step up when you need them most. And I felt like for Milwaukee ORG, when you look at their team, you know, in specific, you know, we've got to touch on Damien Lillard PERSON.Yeah, he's binged up. He got banged up in the first quarter, like we mentioned. His first half was tough. I know he was battling that injury. He was two of ten. The patients had gotten torched by Damien Lillard in the first half.That was not the case. He ends up obviously getting it together. He finishes with 28 points. But the 28 points you could live with. It's still less than what he scored in games one and game two.

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Yeah, I mean, Damien Lillard PERSON is, you know, it was kind of like a flip-the-script type thing. So it was like he had a bad first half this time and had a good second half, but what really kept him afloat, he only shot six of 20 from the field in this game.He had 12 free throws, and he was 12 with 12 from the free throw lines. That's kind of what kept him afloat. And he had some big dagger threes.

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There in the fourth quarter to kind of cut into

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Indiana's 10-point lead that they had established there at the end of, or excuse me,

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at the end of the third quarter, was it 10 or 7?

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I think it was 7 because Middleton PERSON.

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It was 7. Yeah, because that close of the third was so bad when the Pacers ORG got that steal from Neesmith PERSON and then he just threw the ball right away. Just a major bummer right there. And there was just so many critical moments there where I felt like the Pacers ORG,

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especially in the second and the third quarters, and really some of the fourth, they kind of got stuck playing Milwaukee ORG's pace. Milwaukee was doing a really good job of slowing them down after the Pacers ORG got out to a big lead. And I think part of that is the Pacers ORG being being a young team, took their foot off the gas. I think that they saw Dame PERSON go down and things like that.And then they were just like, man, you know what? We got this. We're a vibe in right now.

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And there was a play.

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Obitop and made a three. And he starts celebrating and like kissing like his fingers to the crowd, you know, just like, just what these guys do. Like it's fun, whatever. Carlisle PERSON, as soon as he sees him, he touches him. It says, get back on defense. And the next play, he gets the rebound, kicks it ahead to Ben Shepherd.Ben Shepard drives on Brooke Lopez PERSON, hits the reverse layup and gets the N one. That was the first free to the Pacers had in the second quarter in the first half. Yeah.

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And Milwaukee had had like 12. It was ridiculous. I mean, the fact that it was 16 free throws to four at half, I know that it balanced out in the second half, but it was ridiculous. And I think that Milwaukee would have been probably down closer to 20 if they had officiated the game, in my opinion, more fairly. Yes, did the Pacers ORG foul shooters when they were shooting the ball? 100%.But the fact that you have Ed Malloy calling T.J. McConnell PERSON for a defensive foul when Chris Middleton PERSON clearly sticks his butt out to charge.

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That was bad. Yeah.

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How do you call that in the moment a defensive foul?

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Pace have to waste a challenge because you just missed a blatant call. And Middleton PERSON did that earlier to Miles Turner when they gave Miles Turner PERSON the foul and on that moving screen there, whatever, like when he tried to climb over and get out to Brooke Lopez PERSON.It was one that I think it was a little bit more questionable, but like even then Middleton PERSON kind of stuck his butt out. And Middleton PERSON was frustrated because he was in the first half, especially when they were down so much.

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He like takes his mouthpiece out and just just launches it at the stanchion. Of course the referees don't see that. To me, I saw Bucks ORG fans in some of our Bucks friends comments saying, man, the Bucs, you know, the referee is one of the Bucks ORG to lose this game. And I'm thinking to myself, are you kidding me?

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No.

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Go back and watch the kind of calls that Dane ORG was getting throughout this game that nobody

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was even getting close to.

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The amount of towns I saw Halliburton, especially Halliburton and Seyakum ORG getting hit when they were shooting the ball, never getting calls like that.

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I think the officiating was just inconsistent tonight. I don't think it favored, you know, either. Yeah, we talked, you mentioned before. The Bucks definitely had way more free throws in the first half. But Dame PERSON was like whistle hunting.

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And actually it ended up biting him in the butt later on because I felt like he took a shot

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that he was not trying to make. He took a shot late in the game that he was trying to get a foul on. And he missed solidly. Patriots ORG got a rebound. He was doing a lot of complaining. Dean PERSON was doing way too much complaining to the refs,and he should have been getting back on D. Not that he probably would have made a difference on defense, but at the same point, you want to get back. But I also think another thing is, think about this, the Pacer ORG's bench, not a game that you're thrilled about. I mean, they end up scoring about 28 points off the bench.Milwaukee had six points, six points off the bench.

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Their bench is giving them close to nothing right now. So that's something where it just shows that this was not the Pacer ORG's best game, but they still put up 121 points. Yes, it did take overtime. This was a slower, you know, slower pace game after the Patriots ORG explosion in the first quarter, but you just got to give them credit for not, not backing down, not foldingwhen times got tough.

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Because some of the shots that Milton PERSON was hitting, those could have been backbreaking shots

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that just kind of snaps your spirit.

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I know how I felt. Like I said, I was a nervous wreck. For these players, it's easy to just say, oh, come on. Like, you know, what is that? And you still just get caught up and start talking about that. They moved on. And I just think that, hey, we survived. We're up to one. It's the first time the patients have had a lead. I mean, since 2018, it's when they went up two to one in that series against the Cavs ORG.I think it was two to one either way. They went up in that series.

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Yeah, they went up two to one.

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I know it didn't work out, but on a night like tonight, man, I feel like the sky is the limit for this team once they really do put it all together. This isn't supposed to be the year. But you start to look and you start to say, well, I don't know. Why not?

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Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to get too ahead of myself and say sky is the limit.

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I'm not saying beat the Celtics or we want Boston ORG or anything like that later on.

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I don't even know if they can beat the Knicks or the Sixers ORG in the next round.

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I don't know.

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They're there they're, I mean, they got their butts kicked in game one.

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They barely win game three at home.

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They had a great game in game two.

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The Pacers ORG are just too inconsistent for me. Very consistent. Really believe in them, right? And they're

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shooting, you know, I think everything hinges so much on their shooting. They were able to

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win in spite of that tonight because both teams shot bad. And, you know, I think that this Milwaukee

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team with Al Yonnas PERSON, like, you got to remember, like, it's, you get so caught up in, like,

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who's on the court right now. You forget one of the top three players in the league is not playing in this series right now.

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And if he was, it feels like Indiana would probably be down at least two to one.

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And maybe three-oh.

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So it's very possible.

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Here's what I'm going to say. I'm going to grab an umbrella while you try and rain on my parade right now.

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But, no, look, I just think that as a fan base, we deserve to feel good at this.

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Absolutely.

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Because you could make an argument.

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And if Yon's healthy, whatever, the Pacers won one game in the playoffs.

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That would be a step forward.

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And I know that's sad to even say. No. But if they can win this series, I just think no matter what happens next round, you go into this off season saying, we got something here.We got something. The experience that we gained is so essential. Now let's build on it. And now let's actually have real expectations. Like going into the season, people,I remember there was a tweet on, there was on Twitter. Someone asked, Terry PERSON, I remember there was a tweet on, there was on Twitter ORG. Someone asked, Harris PERSON, what's your goal? He said, playoffs.

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Not winning the playoffs. Young Simba PERSON. The playoffs. Exactly. Young Simba PERSON said, make the playoffs. Now that goal next year, I don't want to hear anybody say, make the playoffs.

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No, it's we want to go on a run.

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And I think that we're starting to see them build towards what could eventually be a

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run. Even if it's not this year, this team, they're hungry. I mean, I'm not trying to run

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on your parade because I picked the Pacers to win this series. I know you did two. We've got

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here in six, right? Yeah, no, we did. We did. I just want to tamper expectations. I don't want to

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say like this is a title contending team. I think if you look at their bench, it's pretty obvious.

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I don't think this is a team that can get to an NBA ORG finals.

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I know that, you know, Boston, like, they're a team that lost in Miami in game two.

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Like, I don't think that the Eastern Conference ORG is so overwhelming where you feel like,

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oh, we're going to get creamed by this team besides Boston ORG probably.

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But even then, like, they've had their moments against Boston this year. They've been able to find cracks in their game. So I just feel like overall, this is a Pacers ORG team that you just got to enjoy this moment while you can. I think you're

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right. Like, these wins are so important to just team building and team success, aside from what happens. Like, if Indiana loses this series somehow in seven games or six games because Janus comes back and the Bucks ORG experience, like they're an experienced team. They don't get rattled. And I felt like they didn't look rattled tonight. And they knew that Middleton PERSON was their guy. So they wrote him down the stretch. And Chris Middleton PERSON to me, like the fact that he's like

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35 years old doing this still. Like he's just an incredible player to me. Rick Carlisle said like probably one of the

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most underappreciated players. And I kind of agree with it because you don't think about

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Middleton PERSON because he has a lot of injuries. But like the fact that he's been injuring, been injured all

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season long and been able to do what he did tonight, it just kind of shows you like he knows

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what it takes to get to that next level. And for guys like Tyrese, Andrew Nimhart, Aronisman PERSON,

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this is all so new to them. So they're still trying to kind of adjust, figure things out on the fly, take it all in one game at a time, not get too high, not get too low. It's just basketball at the end of the day, right? But like, it's important basketball. And you can feel how much different it is based on how that fan base responded. So I'll just say this, you know, Turner tonight to me was the difference maker for Indiana ORG. Yes. He was so, so good, good, so locked in. The step back threethat he hit to start the game, he just looked like a guy that was a man on a mission, kind of like we talked about with Siakum in the last game, and really took advantage of Milwaukee ORG being in drop and making the right reads, not forcing stuff, but hitting the timely shots when he needed to. And Seacum, he had 17 points. He didn't have the game that he's had the last two, but he's drawing so much attention and he's a willing passer. He's not just going to force up shots, just a force up shot. So to me, this is a great team building win. They can build off of it. They can be up three to one after the after game four.I believe that. But I just don't want myself or fans included to get, like I want you to be excited, but I don't want you to be like to the point where you're expecting more than what realistic expectation should be. And then you're kind of let down if they don't reach them. I think that they have big goals of getting there, right?That's what every player should say and do, but they're not going to say, oh, our goals to get to the first round of playoffs and make it a competitive series. They're not going to say that. You don't want them to say that. But I think as a fan base, just seeing this team fight the way they fought all season long to get here, that should be what you're excited about the most.Like just, man, like a proud dad of a kid that just accomplished, you know, riding a bicycle without training, well, something like that.

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Hey, now I hear you. My expectations at this point are beat the bucks, beat them, win this series, because I know now you can. You have game four in Cambridge GPE. The fans already show it. I mean, there's a lot of people right now, I'm telling you, that want to be a part of what they saw on TV tonight.And they are going to come out. That crowd is going to be rowdy. That is must see basketball. And I think that for right now, I think that we should have the expectation to say, hey, this series is not done. It's far from done. But we can win this series. The bucks, they're pinged up right now. Maybe Yonis PERSON comes back. I don't know. It sounds like that would be forcing it. Do they force Yonis PERSON back if dames hurt as well? It's like, are you going to really goall in right now just to try and get out of the first round? We got to see. But at the same point, I just think that the patients have shown when times get tough, they're not thrown in the towel. And to me, that says a lot. And I think that we've, like I said earlier, we've had a lot of bad losses this year, a lot of letdowns, a lot of we need a wake up call. Will they wake up?Hey, in the moment, they woke up. And it didn't take a loss to be able to do it. That lead, that was a 19 point lead, blew, you know, disappeared, gone. And the Pacers ORG found a way to come back and regain that lead, even if it took every single second left in this game to accomplish it. I'm proud of this team. I really am. And for the, this six-year drought that happened between playoff wins of, you know, 2018 to now, I'm not going to say it was all worth it,but I'm going to say I really appreciate this win really bad. I do too. I thought it was a lot

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of fun. I think the electricity in the arena, you know, especially in the first quarter because the fans just came out, man. They were so electric. I couldn't talk about it enough on Twitter. I'm just sitting here thinking, this group of fans is incredible. So every person that was at the game, if you're listening to this, you played a massive role in the Pacers ORG winning this game.

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It was your energy. It was your, you know, just positivity, believing in this

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team that I think kind of carried them to a victory. There is no greater fan base, in my opinion,

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in the NBA, than Pacer ORG fans. They are passionate, and they know that, you know, what, people might be doubting us. People might have us, you know, as the, you know, the team that's less likely to win. They're going to talk about our inexperience. You know, we don't care. We trust in our guys. And, you know, whether it's Pascal Seac, I'm doing what he's doing in Milwaukee ORG,or it's Tyrese Hallibor and hitting game winners or Miles Turner PERSON telling the fans, you know, if you don't like Indiana ORG basketball, you know, this is what it's all about. And I'll just say this. I thought it was a great. I thought it was an awesome game. And Derek Kramer from I Pacers, I think he said it best. The three by Kneesmith PERSON felt veryreminiscent to Travis Best PERSON game winning three in the Bucs five game series because Travis Best was

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horrific from three in that game, just missing shot after shot after shot. And it was like,

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can you please stop shooting? Pass the ball, past the ball. And then when the game needed it with the shot clock expiring boom in that left

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corner Travis best drilled that three left handed and 24 years later Aaron Neesmith PERSON in the same spot

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in the same arena against the same team just only in game three versus game five that's that's pretty cool stuff.

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And, you know, we won't know in this moment where this win ranks in terms of playoff moments.

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What I'll tell you right now, as I'd say, within the last 10 years, it's number one to me

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because Pacers haven't accomplished much in the playoffs the last 10 years.

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So easily goes to number one, in my opinion.

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I mean, I think 2017, look, there were some good moments in that. You can go back and forth. I mean, Ola Depot and that series against the Cavs ORG was definitely electric. For me, at least when I think in quick glance over the last 10 years, this is what stands out to me most. And then you can make an argument over in the last 20 years. I mean, it's somewhere up there.I just truly think the fact that it was like Halliburton ORG, you know, that whole thing, just his first playoff game in front of the home crowd. Like, you couldn't have asked for, you couldn't have scripted it any better than that because there was the struggle. And then in the end, you know, there was that. You saw that light at the end of the tunnel.We all got to celebrate this. Everybody, you got to appreciate this. Last thing I'm going to say on that, there's people my mentions that were just like, Pacea fans even, it's just one playoff game. Guys, if you can't get excited about this, sorry, you're rooting for the wrong team.You're rooting for the wrong team. If a championship is everything or nothing to you, like there's no in between, you're going to be let down because on nights like this, you've got to appreciate the journey in order to get there. No one just comes into the playoffs and wins a ring blindly. That does not happen in seven games series. It's just way too hard. This is the journey,

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and you got to appreciate it. You have to appreciate it. It was terrific. I'm excited to see what it happens on Sunday. How do the Pacers ORG bounce back from being up two to one? Do they get greedy? Do they take game four? Go back to Milwaukee with a three one lead with a three games chance to win one game to win this series? Or do they get comfortable? Do they get excited about this win and come in and lay an egg? I don't know, but they didn't shoot the ball well in

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this game. So you're hoping that they at least have one game of shooting. And Rick Carlisle said it best. Every playoff game is a different entity of itself. There's always going to be things that change and Evan Flows PERSON of the game. So I felt like, you know, Pat Beverly had some really good moments in this game. I thought Bobby Portis had some big shots in this game. And I thought he played pretty solid defense. And they were carried by Damon Middleton PERSON. There's no doubt about it. I thought Andre Jackson, Jr. PERSON had some nice moments now. They got to film on him, kind of see how they can counteract that. They only have one day to prepare. Can the Pacerskind of play their pace and maybe make things a little bit harder for Milwaukee ORG, knowing that they only had one day to rest? And Dame PERSON and Middleton might be still a little bit bang for Milwaukee knowing that they only had one day to rest and Dame and Middleton PERSON might be still a little bit banged up I mean I just feel like things are kind of potentially in the pacer's favor here for some other

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like you know some other

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you know different or

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I'm trying to say variables that could happen variables that could happen in this next game I'm getting tired it's about 1130 ladies and gentlemen so sorry if my speech is just a little bit off right now. But I am excited, though, for Pacer fans to be able to experience it. Like you said, Fanchu PERSON, they have not been able to experience winning playoff basketball since that 17-18 series. So, you know, it went games.It went seven games. Cleveland ended up pulling it out. Indiana had a two-one lead in that series

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after the Bow-Yon comeback game because the Pacers got down by like 15, 20 points at one point to that Cavaliers team.. Indiana had a 2-1 lead in that series after the Bowion PERSON comeback game because the Pacers got down by like 15, 20 points at one point to that Cavaliers ORG team, but they had a great comeback. You know, it was kind of reminiscent tonight where the Bucks ORG had the comeback,

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but Indiana ORG held them off. So just a lot of different parallels you can make here. But overall, I just think Indiana ORG, their resiliency to not give up was the difference to me. And I think you're seeing a Rick Carlisle coach team kind of rising to the occasion. The late game execution, right? Like he called time out to advance the ball instead of letting them just run the ball up to courtand try to get something going. Like set up a play design, talked about like they almost fouled Middles ORG in there in the fourth quarter when they were up by three points after Neesmith hit two clutch free throws, which were just incredible. You know,

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it was one of those things or maybe you foul Brooke Lopez PERSON when he's trying to do the dribble handoff with Middleton PERSON.

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It was a good play that Doc PERSON drew up.

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I definitely got to get credit for that. But I mean, honestly, it's just like give Middleton PERSON the ball. Like, we knew that.

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I thought they were going to pass him directly.

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And the patient did play good defense. They did. On Middleton PERSON, it was just like give Middleton the ball. Like, we knew that. I thought they were going to pass them directly. And the patient did play good defense. They did. On Middleton, it was just like, he had that, like, you know, that one or two inches of

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space that he was able to let it fly. And I just felt like I was stunned. Yeah. Each time you hit those shots, I mean, I just, I couldn't believe it. I was just, I had friends texting me, like, what's going? I was like, guys, like, I can't do this right now.I can't. Like, please, I don't want to, like, what's going? I was like, guys, like, I can't do this right now. I can't.

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Like, please, I don't want to, like, start talking about the ins and outs of the game when there's, you know, a couple of seconds left in that. And there was a lot of people chirping when things got rough. When the Patriots ORG won, I didn't hear from any of them. So classic stuff, that's how it always goes.

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But I just think that the last thing that I'm going to really end it on is, you know, when Halliburton ORG hits that shot, how could he not have the confidence moving forward to just be like shake off the misses because that next shot could be your biggest. And that's something that I think is like a life-changing thing. Like I felt like, you know, he's had game winners before, but like, not on the stage like this.

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This is something that gives you the confidence moving forward, in my opinion, I think, for life. Second game winner over Pat Bev PERSON, right? Yep.

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Second one. It doesn't matter what city, what Jersey, Pat Bev PERSON's wearing. Tyrese is going to hit a game winner over you, all right?

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You can't run from it.

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We'll hear Pat Beverly PERSON probably talk about this on the podcast at some point.

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But, you know, it's a great point, though.

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The confidence from Ty Reese PERSON moving forward, hopefully this does kind of catapult him into

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more of a confident state of mind.

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It definitely looked like we talked earlier, more aggressive looking for a shot, led the team

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and shot attempts, you know, no complaints there from anybody with him not shooting the ball

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enough.

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But at the same time, when you see him shooting the ball a lot, it's a different game. And, you know, if he hits a couple of those threes that he missed, you know, maybe you feel better about it. You know, Nimhard PERSON spotting up like four feet behind the three point line still doesn't make any sense to me. I was like, that's a terrible shot. Nimard PERSON. What are we doing? Obviously, shot clock was expiring when he had to shoot it. But like, why are they lining him up there so far out? I mean that's not his game he had some big shots but yeah i just really felt like thiswas a well-balanced game once again and and the pacer's you know they just they took care of business when they needed to they they found a way to you know hold off middleton and his incredible game and dame's incredible you know second half and the way he kind of came back and just put a lot of pressure on indiana especially drawn fouls i just thought indiana was composed and they've got a real chance to make this a three to one series lead and put all the pressure on milwaukee to to close you know to it's a claw back and make this a series before they get you know potentiallyknocked out in the first round once again not saying it's going happen, but that's what could happen if they win this game.

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And they could happen. This Pacers ORG team does not do well when they get comfortable. I think when things go to their head and people start to talk about them a little bit, that is when, you know, like we said, they take their foot off the gas a little bit, but you just hope that they have that killer instinct, smelling some blood in the water,knowing that this is a Milwaukee ORG team that probably isn't going to respond as well with just about one day off of rest in between. They are banged up. The Pacers ORG have to be able to capitalize an attack. And I do think that we're going to get a Pacer ORG's team that's going to feed off of that home crowd. And I think that that's going to make a very, very big difference.So if you're listening to this, please, if you can make it a Gainbridge ORG, show up and show out. Tell your friends, be loud, make a difference because we need you.

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Absolutely, Fletchua PERSON. Let's go ahead and wrap things up. Thank you all so much for listening to this episode of Setting the Pace WORK_OF_ART. It really does mean a lot. And for those that I got to meet, Ricky Kelly, was one of the guys I got to meet tonight at the game. Longtime listener of this show,

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thank you so much for meet me up,

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you know, at half time so we could say, hey, and somebody on Twitter was videoing me on the court, videoing the players. That was pretty funny. Thank you for videoing me and, you know,calling me out, you know. But anyway, if you guys are at the game and you happen to like see me there or you want to meet up, just let me know. I'm always happy to talk with you guys because truly, this podcast does not exist without the fans. So you guys listening to us talk about this team, you know, we wouldn't be doing it as much or as consistent if it wasn't for the amount of response we get for you guys, you know, and telling us that youenjoy our conversation. So anyway, I apologize, Flachi PERSON. I took a little bit of time there to say that, but I would love for you to tell everybody where they can find us at on social media.

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Absolutely, so you can find us on Twitter at Pacterspod ORG, STP.

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