2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. #6 Indiana Pacers (IND WINS 4-2)
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2024 NBA Playoffs - East 1st Round: #3 Milwaukee Bucks vs. #6 Indiana Pacers (IND WINS 4-2)
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I don't think there is a chance Giannis comes back before game 3 at the earliest so Pacers in 6
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Pacers in 6 seems like a pretty good bet to me.
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bucks successfully ducked the sixers
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Oscirus wrote:bucks successfully ducked the sixers
The secret sauce is they just aren't a good team so losing those games came naturally
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Milwaukee got their dream scenario. People keep talking about the 4-1 season series, but that's back when Hali was playing out of his mind, and back when the Pacers had Mathurin. Granted Milwaukee is also not what they were earlier in the season, but this is still more favorable for them than a series against Philly, which I don't think would be close at all.
Picking Milwaukee if Giannis plays. Either team will lose in the 2nd round.
Picking Milwaukee if Giannis plays. Either team will lose in the 2nd round.
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ajones9219 wrote:Oscirus wrote:bucks successfully ducked the sixers
The secret sauce is they just aren't a good team so losing those games came naturally
Indeed pacers should be feeling really good about this matchup. Wonder how long till giannis asks out
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So that In Season Tournament rivalry will mean something after all. Nice
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Giannis scored 54 points against them. Then later career high 64. And then they took his game ball. So, yeah. Good luck lol. If Giannis is playing, Indiana ain't winning.
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I am not confident in Milwaukee right now but Indiana also were vulnerable at times with a banged up Haliburton.
Indiana in 5 ? I have a strange feeling about this one but I did select the Bucks to win it all this year... Giannis injured and Dame looking inconsistent makes that pick look terrible now. Bucks can def lose this series if Giannis is out. If the Freak is back and impacting the games like we know, yeah, it's completely opposite. Doc Rivers is coaching in this series too. I can't trust him.
Indiana in 5 ? I have a strange feeling about this one but I did select the Bucks to win it all this year... Giannis injured and Dame looking inconsistent makes that pick look terrible now. Bucks can def lose this series if Giannis is out. If the Freak is back and impacting the games like we know, yeah, it's completely opposite. Doc Rivers is coaching in this series too. I can't trust him.
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Pacers are a better team now, than when we played the Bucks earlier in the season. The defense is much better. We have Paskal now. The rookie Shepard has filled in for Mathurin, not the driver, but can hit the 3. Hali has rounded back into form lately after some major struggles after the hammy.
It'll be a good series, gotta go with my team, Pacers in 6.
It'll be a good series, gotta go with my team, Pacers in 6.
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Milwaukee in 5. Indiana will learn what playoff basketball really is like. Those 125+ games won't fly with the physical refs.
Aaron Gordon, Devin Booker, Tyrese Halliburton, Trae Young, Anthony Edwards and Luka Doncic all made the Conference Finals.
Where’s Joel Embiid?
Where’s Joel Embiid?
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Statlanta wrote:Milwaukee in 5. Indiana will learn what playoff basketball really is like. Those 125+ games won't fly with the physical refs.
What kind of refs you been watching the past month or so? It literally can't more physical and the Pacers have looked good while the Bucks look like trash
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Indiana has their number
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depending on Giannis health state this could vary alot but I have Indy in 6
Bucks aren't a good team. Giannis is obviously an MVP caliber player but the fit with Dame has been suss, they are also mostly old, don't seem very fired up, lack real cohesion and they have Doc at the helm
the Bucks haven't figured out who they are yet or even who they play through - Indy has a clear identity and has shown they can fly vs. this Bucks team earlier in the season
youngsters and Turner\Siakam will be fired up for this one, playing with house money. the Bucks defense just isn't there, Indy has so many tools to exploit even better defensive teams, Hali will carve the Bucks up
they have no answer for a healthy Giannis but seems he won't be a 100%
my money's on Indy upsetting the Bucks
Bucks aren't a good team. Giannis is obviously an MVP caliber player but the fit with Dame has been suss, they are also mostly old, don't seem very fired up, lack real cohesion and they have Doc at the helm
the Bucks haven't figured out who they are yet or even who they play through - Indy has a clear identity and has shown they can fly vs. this Bucks team earlier in the season
youngsters and Turner\Siakam will be fired up for this one, playing with house money. the Bucks defense just isn't there, Indy has so many tools to exploit even better defensive teams, Hali will carve the Bucks up
they have no answer for a healthy Giannis but seems he won't be a 100%
my money's on Indy upsetting the Bucks
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Bucks should win this but not confident at all in them, given the Pacers talent and Doc Rivers at the helm for the Bucks.