Yes, the refs were bad in Game 1. But the Pacers got some bad play from Tyrese Haliburton down the stretch that was also costly.
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The Indiana Pacers were on the wrong side of several bad calls by the referees down the stretch and it ended up in a loss for them in Game 1.
The Pacers have the highest-scoring bench in the league. The Knicks have no bench to speak of. That could give Indiana the opening they need.
A rivalry gets renewed this week as the Pacers will take on the Knicks. There have been a lot of classic moments in the playoffs between these two. These are the best three.
The Indiana Pacers need their best player to play like their best player against the Knicks.
The Pacers player was called a "wannabe All-Star" a year ago by a Knicks analyst. He's got a shot to show that he's the real deal.
While the Pacers are in the middle of a playoff run, they can still build their roster for title contention in the next few years. This forward would help.
The Indiana Pacers sent Patrick Beverley and the Bucks home packing. Afterward, Beverley showed some bizarre behavior.
The Indiana Pacers closed out the Milwaukee Bucks in six games thanks to a big effort from their two best bench players. They both make them dangerous in round two.
The unhinged point guard threw a basketball at unsuspecting Pacers fans twice after the Bucks were eliminated from the playoffs in Game 6.
The Pacers face a must-win situation in Game 6. If they lose it, it could be Rick Carlisle's last game as the head coach of Indiana.
When the Pacers won the three games they've won in this series, they had a reduced rotation. For some reason that changed in Game 5. They need to go back to it.
The Indiana Pacers roared out to a first-quarter lead in Game 5 in Milwaukee. It was all downhill from there and some bad substitutions made it worse.
While this season is still in full swing, the Pacers will play two international games next season against the new face of the NBA.
Even though the Indiana Pacers hold a 3-1 series lead over the Bucks, their poor rotational defense almost kept them from getting two out of the three wins they've gotten.
The Indiana Pacers have taken a commanding 3-1 series lead over the Bucks after frustrating a member of the Bucks into getting ejected early in Game 4.
Now that the Pacers and the 76ers are deep in the playoffs, it's clear their three-team trade with the Spurs didn't net either team a win.
The Indiana Pacers won't have to contend with either of Milwaukee's best players in Game 4. There's no excuse not to win it.
The Pacers beat the Bucks in overtime on Friday evening, but it wasn't thanks to their head coach. He almost cost them the win two different times.
Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard showed his value in one of the wildest sequences in Game 3.