[Post Game Thread] The Indiana Pacers (32-38) pave the Milwaukee Bucks (50-20), 136 – 123

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1. Give brook the mvp

2. Brook is our MVP and if you disagree you don’t hoop.

3. Shitty loss, defense was terrible, nobody really played well. Still, hopefully we can take a sec to appreciate how long its been since we’ve had this type of game lol

4. Not gonna lie, the defensive effort was putrid. Lots of plays and possessions off.

   Good news is I can convince myself the playoffs will be different

5. If my quick math is correct, Pat is shooting 12-50 from 3 since the all-star break. I’ve been sorta giving him some slack, but I’m officially quite worried about him.

6. That. Was. Crap

7. Honestly kinda happy for Nwora. Looks like he’s having a good time :))

8. Marjon could have definitely taken some minutes from an awful performance from Pat today. I still feel we lack a 2nd rim protector apart from Brook, since Giannis cant do everything all the time. Weird game, but we did have 3 tough road games in the last 4 days. We will be fine.

9. I wouldn’t be giving Pat any playoff minutes right now. Hope he figures it out.

10. I’m entering officially, my Brook for MVP campaign!

11. Aight everybody get your overreactions out now

    Just was a bad game. It happens. Still got two good road wins against Suns and Kings this week so don’t forget that y’all

12. Kinda just feels like they got a taste of what defending without Brook is like and they were like fuck this

13. Damn didn’t get to watch this game, how did we drop to the pacers?

14. Turner and company did a great job on Giannis. Especially that late charge. It makes me think ghill and nworuto spilled the beans… Maybe thats why sixers overpaid for pj or the celtics overpaid for brogdon ha

15. If you need any more evidence that Brook should win the MVP this is it.

16. hilarious to see a bunch of no-flair accounts come out and post negativity following a loss. either bots or fans of other teams coming in here to bring us down.

17. Another 4th quarter meltdown. Not sure what’s up with that.

18. Brook for MVP AND DPOY

19. Pat Connaughton is officially a concern. It’s not feeling like he’s ever gonna figure it out shooting 38/33/65 on 51 games.

    It was a little worrisome how putrid our defense was against their fast guards. No Brook is one thing, but Giannis got in foul trouble and then nobody had any pride to play some defense.

    Tough game. We have a small lead right now but we have some tough games down the stretch here. This one will hurt if we miss out on the 1 seed by a game.

20. So giving up 84 in a half is frowned upon? Got it.

21. Positives from this game:

    – Joe Ingles 4-5 from 3, moving fairly well out there. Great connective passer.

    – Khris is getting a little back to form too with some nice defensive plays

    – Jrue efficient double double

    – Bobby Portis

22. I’m not tremendously concerned. Extremely poor effort, but we just came off a grueling road trip. Giannis was noticeably timid with foul trouble. And when a team shoots 75% (?) from 3 in the second half, there’s not a lot you can do.

    It’s a mid March loss, learn from it, get healthy, lock up the one seed.

    Edit: and on a plus side, the Leonard dunk was sick lol.

23. Ouch

24. Honestly just GG to the Pacers, they straight up out worked the Bucks tonight when they thought it was in the bag by halftime. Can’t say much more than that

    Obviously not very worried, still the 1 seed for now, couple of key injuries, but I don’t like this habit of the Bucks taking their opponents lightly. Every team has NBA players who can ball, you gotta respect them or they’ll turn that shit in a hurry.

    Also, imma just say it, but Pat has been OMEGA mid for kind of a while now.. Like, almost since the 21 finals ngl.. Didn’t really wanna say anything, but I literally just don’t expect him to hit a 3 now when he shoots

25. Just noticed jingles was -20. He missed brook more than anyone

26. Win or lose we got to watch giannis dunk

27. “Giannis is unguardable” – 28 NBA teams

    “Lol” – Indiana Pacers

    Pacers worked it out tonight and made adjustments to their game to win it. I can’t be mad at that, I respect it.

28. The refs is the MVP of this game, their offense make Giannis not dare to defend. Also, where is the 3-point defense in the 2nd half, why Bud keep letting opponent shooting open 3s until it’s too late?

29. Pat has not shot the ball the same since his wrist injury, at some point you wonder if it will ever come back.

30. I miss Brook but fuck Tony Brothers

31. Great game plan by 300 IQ Bud: play shit defence to prop up Brook’s DPOY case. /s

    Horrid defence tonight but the Pacers had insane shooting in the 2nd half. They hit like 12 out of 16 threes, it was insane. The Turner buzzer beating 3 and poster on Giannis were a fitting end to the game.

32. Bucks are still firmly in control of the 1 seed, and Nwora got a feel-good return game in Milwaukee. We wipe it away and we move on. Brook needed the night off, and this may help show people why he should be DPOY.

33. I love Pat, but holy crap the dudes gotta stop spamming 3’s in important parts of the game. Great if he’s making them, but sometimes you gotta tell him to stop. Many key possessions ruined by that tonight.

34. These guys are gonna make earning the 1 seed a whole lot more stressful 😂

35. no brook.

    giannis foul trouble.

    indy could not miss from 3.

36. Ofc Nesmith goes 8/11 and 6 threes. Absurdly efficient 22