THE INDIANA PACERS WIN IN OVERTIME AND ELIMINATE THE BUCKS THANKS TO THE NBA'S MOST OVERRATED PLAYER!!!!
THE INDIANA PACERS HAVE ELIMINATED THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS FROM THE PLAYOFFS ... AGAIN! Despite Gary Trent Jr. dropping 30 + on the Pacers ... AGAIN! Not a chance that at the end of the 4th Quarter I was angry, ready to begin the coping process, and about to fire up the blog about how Gary Trent Jr. might be better than Steph Curry, or that maybe the Bucks should build around GTJ since he is the future of the franchise. Nonsense! was never going to do that, because there was never a doubt the Pacers would pull this off.
Despite Gary Trent Jr.'s best efforts to land a dagger and kill us multiple times, the Pacers used all 9 of their lives. My Indiana group chat may or may not have come to the conclusion on 6 separate occasions that this game was over. Indiana never gave up. If Gary Trent Jr. didn't turn the ball over on the Bucks final possession, I'd see him in my nightmares for the rest of time. Luckily, he did turn the ball over. Now we can all laugh about that time GTJ went nuclear on the Pacers in the playoffs.
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Because LUCKILY, Indiana has the NBA's most overrated player in Tyrese Haliburton forcing overtime, AND putting up the game winning basket in OT. Haliburton tried to get away from his usual game, and tried to play a bit of hero ball to start over time. Didn't like that at all, but without Haliburton's contribution, the Pacers are never in a position to win.
I watched this clip of Haliburton's dad and Giannis maybe a million times, and I can't tell if they are going to fight or fuck. My heart says Giannis is about to turn Mr. Haliburton to dust for talking shit. Then again, Giannis giving the thumbs up and mouthing an "I love you" at the end throws me off, because that's love. BUT, touching foreheads is 100% a "we are about to throw hands stance. " I don't care if people are saying this is a lame move by Haliburton's dad. Come into Indianapolis and you're going to get it from all angles. Mr. Haliburton doing as much as "Pacers Sign Guy" to get under Giannis' skin. Thank you for your service, both of you. All is fair in love and war.
Tensions between the two teams may have been at an all time high this series, but Brook Lopez wants Boomer to know that he's cool in his book. Lopez reminds me of Gronk, guys that essentially have the same DNA as a neanderthal. It wouldn't surprise me if Lopez thinks Boomer is actually a cat and not a guy in a costume. This might be Brook's last season, so before he says goodbye to the NBA, he wanted to cross off his bucket list "meeting Boomer" because how often do you get to meet a human like cat? I'm happy for Brook Lopez. But I'm even happier for the Indiana Pacers. It's on to Cleveland.