Haliburton “killed” the legendary Middleton Bucks in overtime

2-1 lead against Bucks in his playoffs NBA took the Pacers winning 121-118 in overtime after a thrilling game. Milwaukee found themselves down 19 in the first period, but with one awesome Chris Middleton (42p.) sent the match into overtime. But there the Tyrese Halliburton hit the game-winning foul and atone for his 1/12 three-pointers.

Indiana’s leader had a triple-double with 18 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, while Myles Turner had 29 points for the Pacers, who grabbed 19 offensive rebounds. In addition to Middleton, Damian Lillard had 28 points, while Bobby Portis added 17 with 18 rebounds for Milwaukee, who played again without the injured Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The match

The Pacers were stormy in the first twelve minutes, when they even led by +19 (39-20) taking advantage of every weakness in the Bucks’ defense. Lillard, sidelined after Siakam stepped on his ankle, had poor picks and 2-of-10 shooting in the first half, but Middleton-led Milwaukee pulled to within seven (57-50) just before the break. half time. However, the home team with 15 points from Turner, 14 from Toppin and 11 assists from Haliburton went to the locker room with +12, 67-55.

Improving their defense and finding more solutions from Middleton, the Bucks got closer to seven again (90-83) in the third quarter. With consecutive three-pointers by the awakened Lillard, Milwaukee went ahead for the first time, 92-93 and four and a half minutes before the end it was at +3 (101-104). The many missed rebounds, however, paid off in the end bringing the Pacers to within 109-106 with 19.1” left. But Middleton with an improbable three-pointer with 1.4” before the end sent the match to overtime, 111-111.

MIDDLETON TIES THE GAME AT 111 ??????

PACERS BALL… 1.4 SECONDS REMAINING ON ESPN ?? pic.twitter.com/yXyV8nMQqj

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In the extra five minutes, the Pacers, continuing to get generous offensive rebounds, took the lead 118-115 with Nesmith’s three-pointer at 14.4”, but Middleton’s three-pointer at 6.7” equalized again (118-118). Haliburton, however, with an improbable basket and a foul at 1.6” decided the match in favor of the hosts who made it 2-1.

TYRESE HALIBURTON… FOR THE WIN! ??

Pacers pull out the thrilling Game 3 victory in OT 121-118 to take a 2-1 series lead. https://t.co/skTVoBTRIe pic.twitter.com/TjhtUdIrww

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Game 4 will take place again in Indiana, early Monday morning (02:00).

Twelve minutes: 39-22, 67-55, 90-83, 111-111,

See here the statistics of the match