They beat the Bucks with a terrific Haliburton and the Pacers went to the finals – Giannis’ 37 were not enough

The Pacers after the Celtics got blown out of the In Season Tournament AND them Bucks beating them 128-119 in the Las Vegas Final 4 semifinal. In the final, they will face the winner of Lakers-Pelicans at dawn on Sunday (3:30).

THE John Antetokounmpo he struggled with 37 points (11/13 shooting, 11/18 2-pointers, 0/1 3-pointers), 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks but didn’t have much help. Damian Lillard stayed at 20 but with 7/20 shooting.

Leading for the winners was Tyrese Halliburton with 27 points, 15 assists and no mistakes, while Miles Turner was also excellent with 26 points and 10 rebounds. The winners of the … Cup have received 500,000 dollars for each player, while the losers of the final 200,000. The teams that reached the semi-finals will each get 100,000.

The match

The Greek Freak started hungry and with 10 points in the first period he made sure to be in front of the Bucks’ score almost the whole time. Twelve minutes ended at 29-27, mainly due to Lillard’s misfire that started 0/6, with the Pacers fighting back and taking advantage of Milwaukee’s misfire to pull away. Despite the efforts of Antetokounmpo, who closed the half with 20 points, Indiana went to the locker room +12, 51-63, with Turner’s 16 points and Haliburton adding 11 and 7 assists.

Impressively improving their defense and with Dame leading the way, the Bucks erased the Pacers’ lead in four minutes and went ahead, 68-67. The “deer” reached all six, finishing the third twelve minutes with 94-91 and now having “hot” Lillard (20 points) and Antetokounmpo (31 points). Indiana didn’t lay down its weapons and took advantage of the Bucks’ relaxation to go ahead again, 95-99, maintaining a narrow lead afterwards. Milwaukee had 1/10 3-pointers in the final period, allowing the Pacers to get within 122-114 with Haliburton’s 3-pointer with 48 minutes left to tie the game.

Twelve minutes: 29-27, 51-63, 94-91, 119-128