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The Pacers would not win their first playoff series until the 1993–94 season, which came against the Orlando Magic. It was during this time that the Pacers were led by 1987 draft pick, Reggie Miller , who entered the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. [ 2 ]
But the Pacers won their last eight games of the season to finish with an NBA-era franchise-high 47 wins. They stormed past Shaquille O'Neal and the Orlando Magic in a first-round sweep to earn their first NBA playoff series win, and pulled off an upset by defeating the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks in the Conference semifinals.
WTTV, which was the television flagship for Pacers' games at the time, offered to hold a 16 + 1 ⁄ 2-hour telethon to keep the team in Indiana. The "Save the Pacers" telethon began on the night of July 3, 1977, and on July 4, ten minutes before it was set to conclude, it was announced that team officials had reached the 8,000-ticket goal.
Sunday's win was the third time Indiana has scored 150 points or more against Atlanta. The Pacers previously matched their franchise record with a 157-152 win over Atlanta on Nov. 21. They beat ...
The last time Indiana won a playoff series was in 2014, when it appeared in the conference finals for the second year in a row. The Bucks and Pacers have met twice in the playoffs, in 1999 and 2000.
Game 5 of the Knicks–Pacers series was the last meaningful NBA game ever played at Market Square Arena. With their Game 6 win over the Indiana Pacers, the New York Knicks became the first eighth seeded team to make it to the NBA Finals. With their Game 2 win over the New York Knicks, the San Antonio Spurs won their 12th straight playoff game.
Pascal Siakam scored 26 points, Thomas Bryant added a season-high 22 and two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton had 16 points and 13 assists in the Indiana Pacers' 129-113 victory over the Chicago ...
The Indiana Pacers initially played in the ABA Finals in 1969, which they lost to the Oakland Oaks, but they won the championship the next year against the Los Angeles Stars. [4] [5] They won in the ABA Finals again in 1972, their first after moving to the Western Division, against the New York Nets and won their final ABA championship against ...