2024-25 Indiana Pacers
 

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After an excellent season in which they reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first times since 2014, the Pacers are off to a mediocre 5-7 start to the 2024-25 season.



Pacers Show Signs of Real Concern in Blowout Loss to Jimmy Butler-Less Heat

(By Ricardo Klein)

https://www.si.com/nba/pacers/news/p...t-01jcv12m1abz

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I don't get to watch them much, but the injuries seem to have messed with their rotations and chemistry.

At the present time, there are only 3 teams above .500 in the Eastern Conference. :eek:

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(NOVEMEBER 26th)



The Pacers have won 2 games in a row ...... that's the good news.

The bad news is that the team that they beat are the Bullets/Wizards and the Pelicans, who have a combined record of 6-28 (2-14 and 4-14, respectively.)

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The Grizzlies game showed exactly who this team is; scoring 45 points in the first quarter and blowing a 17 point lead. Jackson was looking so good before the injury and 13 was a bona-fide presence in the post. I admire the young players stepping up. It will be interesting to see how desperate the front office is before the trade deadline. Also, I fucking love the coaching staff. I doubt Carlisle sticks around after this season sadly.

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(DECEMBER 19th)


Although the Pacers won their 3rd straight game, 2 of those wins came against the 76ers (8-16) and the Pelicans (5-23) ...... they are still playing at a mediocre level with a record of 13-15 after 28 games.

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Ty is questionable with an ankle.

Sit him or limit him tonight against Da Bulls?

Hello?

Is this thing on.......????

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(JANUARY 20th)


Holy shit, the Pacers are on fire ...... they are 14-4 over their last 18 games !!! ) :eek:

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At the All Star break, the Pacers currently sit at 4th in the Eastern Conference standings with a 30-23 record (0.566 pct) :cool:

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They went a sizzling 18-5 over a 23-game stretch between December 13th and February 3rd, then went 2-3 in their final 5 games before the break.

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Pacers finish the regular season at 50-32 (.610 pct).

They rested a bunch of players the last few games once they clinched home court for the first round.


The Pacers are set to face the Bucks in the playoffs. I think either team could win this series.

Up 2-0 on the top seeded Cavs!

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The team's head coach is doing everything in his power to caution his players about the dangers of getting overconfident.



Pacers’ Rick Carlisle Doesn’t Care About 2-0 Series Start

(By Matt Levine)

https://www.si.com/nba/pacers/news/p...0-series-start

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If you aren't watching this Pacers team in the playoffs....you are missing a great team! These guys are so much fun to watch, regardless of what happens! But there is potential for something very special to happen!

Playing like a dumpster fire tonight.

Yes, I should've waited before posting that!:D

Pacers score 80 points in the first half, destroying the Cavs by 41 points!:D

Congrats to Pacers, 114-105 win and now onto the Eastern Conference finals!

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If Reggie Miller wanted to, he probably could come out of retirement for one game and score about 24 points.

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Teams Trailing in NBA Playoffs by 14+ in Final 2:45 Were 0-994. Pacers Make That 1-994 Now

(By Matthew Glenesk)

https://www.indystar.com/story/sport...n/83783321007/

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No team has comeback from 0-2 in the NBA playoff when losing the first two games at home.....but the Knicks still scare me because of Brunson. Pacers need to close this one out in Indy!

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On the other side of the same coin ......



Knicks on Latest 20-Point Comeback Win: ‘We Came Closer Together’

(By Kristian Winfield)

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/...oser-together/

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You never want to give teams any hope when you have them on the ropes. You crush their hopes and put your foot on their throat.

Game 4 feels like a must win to me. Hopefully the Pacers come out hitting on all cylinders like they did in game 4 vs. the Cavs.

One win away from the Finals!

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Knicks’ Season Ends With 125-108 Loss to Pacers in Game 6 of Eastern Conference Finals

(By Peter Sblendorio)

https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/...erence-finals/

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1968-69 Pacers )))), (Lost ABA Finals)


1969-70 Pacers ))))) (ABA Champions)


1971-72 Pacers ))))) (ABA Champions)


1972-73 Pacers ))))) (ABA Champions)


1999-00 Pacers ))))) (Lost NBA Finals)


2024-25 Pacers ))))) (Advance to NBA Finals)

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Stupid paywall

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I get around it by tapping on the escape key a bunch of times the split-second that I click on the article ......



(THE ARTICLE)


The Knicks kept it close for as long as they could.

Even as the Indiana Pacers controlled the tempo, put on a shooting clinic and forced turnover after turnover, the Knicks never trailed by more than six points in the first half of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

They survived slow starts by Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns.

They answered a rapid third-quarter run by the Pacers with one of their own.

But in the end, Indiana proved to be too much.

The Knicks’ season came to an end with a 125-108 loss at Indianapolis’ Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday night, dashing their dreams of returning to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.

The Pacers shot 17-of-33 (51.5%) on 3-pointers and turned 18 Knicks turnovers into 34 points. Indiana scored 25 fastbreak points to the Knicks’ 10.

Indiana’s Pascal Siakam led all scorers with 31 points on 10-of-18 shooting. Tyrese Haliburton added 21 points and 13 assists.

Brunson, who was hounded by a new primary defender in Andrew Nembhard, scored 19 points and finished 8-of-18 from the field. Towns went 8-of-19 and finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds.

The game got away from the Knicks in the third quarter, when the Pacers outscored them 34-23 and rattled off two separate 9-0 runs.

Haliburton capped that third quarter with a coast-to-coast dunk, providing a perfect encapsulation of the unrelenting quick-strike offense that Indiana rode to a series victory.

The loss brought an unceremonious finish to a season in which the Knicks earned the East’s No. 3 seed and advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 2000.

The Knicks had staved off elimination with Thursday’s commanding 111-94 win in Game 5 at Madison Square Garden, inspiring hope that they unlocked the necessary adjustments to pull off an improbable series comeback.

The Knicks largely dictated the pace in that Game 5 win, with Mikal Bridges’ backcourt pressure on Haliburton disrupting the flow of Indiana’s offense.

But Indiana regained control of the tempo to start Game 6.

They repeatedly pushed the ball down the court, leading to first-quarter layups for Siakam and Obi Toppin. In one early two-minute stretch, Siakam, Aaron Nesmith and Myles Turner each drilled a 3-pointer.

The Knicks committed six turnovers in the first quarter, but they trailed only 25-24 through 12 minutes thanks largely to five offensive rebounds and six points from Mitchell Robinson.

Following an eight-point dud in Game 5, Haliburton picked up four assists in Saturday’s first quarter but went scoreless on four shot attempts.

Haliburton got going in the second quarter.

His first points came on a wide-open 3-pointer after Towns retreated to the paint to protect against a drive, putting Indiana up 39-33. Later in the quarter, Haliburton leaked ahead for an emphatic transition dunk.

But the Knicks hung around thanks to 12 second-quarter points from OG Anunoby, including an off-balance buzzer beater to end the quarter.

The Knicks trailed 58-54 at halftime.

The Pacers opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run, with Siakam making a 3-pointer on the opening possession and adding a three-point play less than two minutes later.

It grew to a 20-9 run, with a pair of Thomas Bryant 3-pointers — and another from Nembhard sandwiched in between — putting Indiana up 78-63 with 6:44 left in the third.

The Knicks responded with an 8-0 run, but Indiana answered with their second 9-0 run of the period.

Haliburton then took over in the fourth, scoring 11 points and dishing out four assists.

Nembhard finished with six steals and 14 points. He received the assignment on Brunson because Nesmith, who had guarded the Knicks’ point guard, was playing through a right ankle sprain. Brunson finished with five turnovers, tying Bridges for the game high.

“He’s been dominating this series,” Nembhard said of Brunson during an in-game interview with TNT, “so anything I can do to irritate him would be good.”

The Knicks entered as the series’ favorites, but they fell into a 2-0 hole after back-to-back losses at home, including a Game 1 in which they blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead.

They were trying to become the 14th team (out of 298) to come back from a 3-1 deficit, and the first to win a conference finals after losing Games 1 and 2 at home.

Instead, this is the second year in a row the Knicks were eliminated by the Pacers, who beat them in seven games in the second round last year.

The Knicks have now lost their last four playoff series against Indiana, dating back to 2000.

And now the Pacers are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000. Indiana is set to face the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Game 1 scheduled for Thursday night in Oklahoma City.

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Downtown Indy last night was amazing. This city deserves this celebration so much. Haliburton has already become a legend, and it is wonderful.

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GAME ONE )))), (PACERS 111 - THUNDER 110)



The Pacers trailed the entire game, for 47 minutes and 59.7 seconds ....... but with .3 seconds left in the 4th quarter, Tyrese Haliburton came through once again.

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A team of destiny or do they just out work and out last their competition?

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(GAME THREE)



The Bad News: llll The Thunder are 10-for-18 from 3-point range at the end of the 3rd quarter.

The Good News: ll In spite of this, the Pacers are only down by 5 points, and are very much alive to get the W in the 4th quarter.

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The good news prevailed ...... the Pacers indeed hung around long enough to pull the game out in the 4th quarter.

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(GAME FOUR)


The opposite happened in Game Four ...... in spite of being outshot badly from 3-point range in the first 3 quarters, the Thunder were only down by a few points heading into the 4th ...... and like the Pacers did in Game Three, the Thunder seized that opportunity and came away with a W in Game Four.

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(GAME FIVE)


After being down by as many as 17 points in the 2nd quarter, the Pacers cut the lead to 2 points in the 4th, but then fell apart soon afterwards. The lead ballooned back up to 15 points with less than 3 minutes to play, and the Thunder coasted to a 120-109 victory.

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(GAME SIX)


It's win, or go home ...... but since the Pacers l already are l home, they may as well win and go on the road.

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The Pacers took care of business on their home-court ...... now it's off to another section of the Great Midwest for a winner-take-all Game Seven.

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