Milwaukee Bucks – Indiana Pacers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 26 April 2024

MIL118–121IND

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 84% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 37 times

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↑ IND winsMIL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when IND leads and falls when MIL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Myles Turner decided it, the Indiana Pacers player with the most points (29, with 9 rebounds and 1 assists; +10 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Tyrese Haliburton's (+16). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Indiana Pacers 121-118 Milwaukee Bucks (April 26, 2024) was hit by Tyrese Haliburton: a jump shot with 1.1 s left in overtime, putting the Indiana Pacers up 120-118. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Indiana Pacers 121-118 Milwaukee Bucks (April 26, 2024) was a 10-0 run by the Milwaukee Bucks between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 20-39 to 30-39. The Indiana Pacers' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 1:34 to 26.1 s), from 29-18 to 37-18.

With 42 points, this is Khris Middleton's highest-scoring game of the 2023‑24 playoffs.

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Play: Tyrese Haliburton makes 15-foot driving floating jump shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Tyrese Haliburton decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 7 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Haliburton decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

26 April 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401655113:732; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · MIL

Lillard · Portis · Middleton · Lopez · Connaughton

Closing lineup · IND

Haliburton · Nesmith · Siakam · Nembhard · McConnell

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MIL

Damian Lillard

45′ · -1

Bobby Portis

44′ · -1

Patrick Beverley

42′ · -8

Khris Middleton

41′ · +2

Brook Lopez

39′ · -10

Malik Beasley

7′ · -11

Pat Connaughton

13′ · -5

AJ Green

14′ · +10

Andre Jackson Jr.

17′ · +7

Jae Crowder

2′ · 0

IND

Tyrese Haliburton

46′ · +16

Aaron Nesmith

43′ · -7

Myles Turner

42′ · +10

Pascal Siakam

42′ · +1

Andrew Nembhard

40′ · +4

Obi Toppin

17′ · -3

Ben Sheppard

17′ · +3

T.J. McConnell

16′ · -3

Jalen Smith

3′ · -6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. MIL and IND.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Milwaukee Bucks

Portis, Lopez, Beverley, Lillard, and Middleton played 24.3 minutes together.
Portis, Connaughton, Green, Jackson, and Middleton played 3.2 minutes together.
Portis, Jackson, Beverley, Lillard, and Middleton played 2.8 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Milwaukee Bucks lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Indiana Pacers

Turner, Siakam, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 28.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Turner, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Sheppard played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Turner, Toppin, Haliburton, Sheppard, and McConnell played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

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Milwaukee Bucks

Portis, Connaughton, Green, Beverley, and Lillard played 2.5 minutes together.
Jackson, Lopez, Beverley, Lillard, and Middleton played 2.5 minutes together.
Jackson, Lopez, Beverley, Lillard, and Crowder played 2.3 minutes together.
Portis, Jackson, Lopez, Lillard, and Middleton played 1.8 minutes together.
Connaughton, Green, Jackson, Lopez, and Lillard played 1.8 minutes together.
Portis, Beasley, Lopez, Lillard, and Middleton played 1.7 minutes together.
Portis, Green, Lopez, Beverley, and Lillard played 1.6 minutes together.
Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, Green, and Beverley played 1.5 minutes together.
Connaughton, Beasley, Lopez, Beverley, and Middleton played 1.5 minutes together.
Portis, Connaughton, Beasley, Beverley, and Lillard played 1.3 minutes together.
Connaughton, Green, Jackson, Lopez, and Middleton played 1.0 minutes together.

Indiana Pacers

Siakam, Nesmith, Smith, Sheppard, and McConnell played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Turner, Nembhard, Toppin, Haliburton, and Nesmith played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Nembhard, Toppin, Nesmith, and McConnell played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Nesmith, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and McConnell played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Haliburton, Nesmith, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Turner, Siakam, Nembhard, Haliburton, and Sheppard played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Siakam, Toppin, Haliburton, Sheppard, and McConnell played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Turner, Toppin, Haliburton, Nesmith, and McConnell played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Tyrese Haliburton covered 5.62 km, more than anyone in the game.

Tyrese Haliburton touched the ball 130 times, a game high.
Tyrese Haliburton made 100 passes, a game high.
Myles Turner defended 9 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Bobby Portis Jr. had 31 rebound chances, a game high.

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Milwaukee Bucks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Patrick Beverley	5.15	6.8	60	49
Bobby Portis Jr.	5.07	6.4	78	59
Damian Lillard	4.83	6.1	68	38
Khris Middleton	4.78	6.4	69	32
Brook Lopez	4.25	6.1	35	21
Andre Jackson Jr.	2.37	7.6	19	17
AJ Green	1.83	7.0	12	10
Pat Connaughton	1.64	6.8	27	22
Malik Beasley	0.90	7.1	8	6
Jae Crowder	0.29	7.0	3	2

Indiana Pacers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Tyrese Haliburton	5.62	6.8	130	100
Aaron Nesmith	5.05	6.5	68	49
Myles Turner	4.89	6.5	69	45
Pascal Siakam	4.78	6.4	76	55
Andrew Nembhard	4.78	6.7	60

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Milwaukee Bucks

Brook Lopez contested 15.6 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 1 of 373 in the league.
Damian Lillard deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 22 of 373 in the league.
AJ Green drew 0.09 charges per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 47 of 373 in the league.

Indiana Pacers

Myles Turner contested 8.8 shots per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 18 of 373 in the league.
Aaron Nesmith defended 4.9 shots at the rim per game over his 72 games, and opponents made 11 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 8 of 146 in the league.
T.J. McConnell drew 0.10 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 40 of 373 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Indiana Pacers have won 111 of their 238 games against the Milwaukee Bucks.

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Game context

Attendance

17.274

96.4% of capacity

Gainbridge Fieldhouse · Indianapolis

Series

Game 3

First round

IND 4-2

Scoring

239

combined points

27.8 above the season average (211.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

44 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 00:47.4

Pascal Siakam → Bucks

Siakam (IND) fails to fully clear the lane and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.

Foul: Loose Ball · 01:47.4

Pascal Siakam → Damian Lillard

Siakam (IND) extends his right arm out and initiates illegal contact with Lillard's (MIL) face during the rebound.