It took until the fourth day of the playoffs to see a first road win, as the home teams went 8-0 in Game 1s for just the fifth time in the 16-team playoff era. The higher seeds followed it up with wins in the first four Game 2s before theIndiana PacersandDallas Mavericksgot the...
After missing the 2023 Playoffs,the Pacers put the league on notice last season with a run to the NBA Cup championship. Five months later, they appeared in their first East Finals since 2014. Last night,two ascending teams — who both missed the 2024 Playoffs — punched their tickets to t...
Pacers are just one win away from finals ... again: ; NBA PLAYOFFS 2000
” and Jeff replies that the same is true of the NBA. “When I was with the Knicks, you had the Pacers running a lot of baseline screens for Reggie Miller and posting Rik Smits,” Jeff says. “Then you’d play the Bulls and get the Triangle. Go down and play the Heat and you’...
Climb up to 45 wins, and perhaps an outside free agent will bat eyes at an intriguing team in a sunny state with no income tax. "This is the longest period of time for our franchise not to be in the playoffs," said Alex Martins, the team's CEO. "Our fans deserve a winning ...
Cavaliers at Pacers Time: Thu., 7 p.m.ETTV: TNTWhy you watch: A potential second-round playoff preview matchup. It’s also a fantastic backcourt chess match with the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton going up against Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland. Indiana enters the week need...
J.B. Bickerstaff — he’s the coach in Detroit, Shaq — deserves a lot of credit for that and will get some Coach of the Year votes for it. Detroit is tied with the Bucks and Pacers for the 4/5/6 seeds in the East, but the Pistons have the toughest remaining schedule of those...
“Pacers and Racers,” they call it. It'll bea special Sundayin Indianapolis. For the first time since 2013, Indianapolis will play host to the Indy 500 and a Pacers home game on the same day. The race starts the day, then Game 3 of the East finals is at 8 p.m....
Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone directs his team against the Indiana Pacers in the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Updated 9:39 AM GMT+8, April 10, 2025 Share SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —...
It is only a matter of days before the NBA playoffs get underway on April 20, but before that, four teams from each conference will take part in a play-in tournament to become the