Pascal Siakam helps the Pacers tie series up at 1-1 against Bucks

Jim Owczarski @JimOwczarski
Indiana Pacers tie series with Milwaukee #Bucks at 1-1 thanks to Pascal Siakam’s 37 points jsonline.com/story/sports/n… via ⁦@BenSteeleMJS⁩ – 1:49 AM

Adi Joseph @AdiJoseph
Scottie Barnes watching Siakam vs. Anunoby next round pic.twitter.com/aQ1772d0OL – 11:28 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
At the buzzer: Pacers get 125-108 win over Bucks behind 37pts from Siakam.
Story: fieldhousefiles.com/p/at-the-buzze…
Live postgame show youtube.com/watch?v=BwHXfr… – 11:25 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
“Well, he’s scoring 36 points per game,” Carlisle says of how Siakam is being a leader for this team. – 11:18 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Pascal Siakam with a new playoff career-high in the Pacers’ win 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7dzrnXYQ6j – 11:03 PM

Matt Williams @StatsWilliams
Pascal Siakam in 1st Round vs Bucks:
Game 1: 36 points, 13 rebounds, 60% FG
Game 2: 37 points, 11 rebounds, 70% FG
He is the 1st player with 35 points, 10 rebounds and 60% shooting in each of first 2 games of a series since Shaquille O’Neal in the 2000 NBA Finals vs the Pacers. – 11:03 PM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
Through the first two games, Pascal Siakam is averaging 36.5 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 block.
Shooting 67.5% on twos and 50% on threes. – 10:58 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Pacers even the series 1-1 with a 125-108 win in Milwaukee. It’s the franchise’s first playoff win since 2018.
Key was a 23-4 run early 4Q.
As unstoppable as Lillard was in G1, that was Siakam (37-11-6) in G2. Turner scored 22 and Nembhard added 20. Just 4TOs.
Next: G3 on Fri. – 10:57 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Pacers win 125-108. They’re the first road team to win a game in this postseason, and they even the series at 1-1.
Pascal Siakam was unbelievable. Andrew Nembhard and Myles Turner were great. Game 3 on Friday. – 10:57 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Playoff leaders:
PTS — Siakam
AST — Haliburton (tied)
Top __ duo in the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/xLEde7yJHg – 10:56 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Most points in a game this playoffs:
1. Pascal Siakam (37)
2. Pascal Siakam (36) pic.twitter.com/Zz56Q7p05P – 10:53 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Siakam tonight:
37 PTS
10 REB
6 AST (0 TOV)
16-23 FG
Leading the playoffs in scoring. statmuse.com/nba/player/pas… – 10:53 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Out goes Pascal Siakam. 37 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. Dominance. – 10:53 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Pacers with back-to-back 35-point playoff games:
Reggie Miller
Pascal Siakam pic.twitter.com/jSKqmsF3GV – 10:46 PM

Vivek Jacob @vivekmjacob
A night like tonight for Siakam makes me still wonder what if with that Scottie-Pascal-IQ-RJ-Jak team – 10:46 PM

Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
Pascal Siakam’s offensive versatility was put on display tonight. Did it all. Spot-up 3s, attacking closeouts, post ups, handoffs, transition sprints. Sensational performance for the Pacers. – 10:45 PM

The Ringer @ringernba
Pascal Siakam right now pic.twitter.com/0EGbok1tn3 – 10:38 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Still a lot of time left, but that was a big last two minutes.
After Bucks got to within four, Pacers working an 8-0 run.
Siakam, who’s about to get paid this summer, continues to be the Pacers’ best player. 33pts, 8rebs & counting. – 10:35 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Pacers up 92-83 after three quarters. Really important close to the third quarter from the Pacers, who took the air out of the building. Pascal Siakam has been unreal – 29 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists. – 10:22 PM

Kelly Iko @KellyIko
Pacers 60, Bucks 55 at the break.
Haliburton seeing tons of pressure but Indiana still playing their offensive brand of basketball — pace, ball movement (19 assists, 2 TOs), and another strong Siakam sighting (21-7-2). – 9:38 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Nembhard’s 3-pointer gives them nine in the game, one more than Game 1.
Then Siakam (21pts) made one.
Pacers shooting 51%, up 60-55 at halftime. They haven’t had an answer for Lillard (26), but they’ve been poised and adjusted. – 9:34 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Tyrese Haliburton is amped after a three from Pascal Siakam. Almost halftime and the Pacers lead by 5. – 9:33 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Pascal Siakam vs Damian Lillard again. – 9:31 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
That’s a tough bucket by Pat Connaughton. One-hand finish off the glass over the top of Pascal Siakam.
And the Bucks lead, 45-42, with 5:23 left in the first half.
Brook Lopez is now 4-of-5 from deep on the night. Up to 12 points. – 9:25 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Rick Carlisle is PISSED that no foul was called on that Pascal Siakam layup. He called a timeout to let the refs hear it. – 9:24 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Pacers going small with a Siakam-Toppin frontcourt. Bucks going zone with McConnell at point guard. Fun adjustments already. – 9:07 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Pacers just sent 2 to Lillard like 75 feet from the basket. He’s got 15 points. But once Brook Lopez cooled off, the Bucks didn’t have enough from non-Dame players. It’s 30-26 Pacers after one quarter. 9 points for Pascal Siakam. – 9:02 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
Looks like Khris Middleton twisted his ankle on that foul by Pascal Siakam.
He’s hobbling through it, but curious to see if he’ll be able to continue. – 8:43 PM

Tony East @TonyREast
Khris Middleton limping after contact with Pascal Siakam. He’s staying in the game though. – 8:43 PM

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm
I was not aware of this Pascal Siakam pregame tradition until the other night. pic.twitter.com/jlNjvYnQWV – 7:48 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
NEW: On the Pacers cleaning up their ’embarrassing’ play, Haliburton needing to step up, Siakam producing + providing a sense of calm, and more ahead of Game 2 tonight:
fieldhousefiles.com/p/its-on-us-no… – 3:29 PM

Scott Agness @ScottAgness
NEW: On the Pacers cleaning up their ’embarrassing’ play, Haliburton needing to step up, Siakam producing + providing a sense of clam, and more ahead of Game 2 tonight:
fieldhousefiles.com/p/its-on-us-no… – 3:28 PM