Pacers outlast Hawks as teams combine for 309 points in one of the wildest NBA games you’ll ever see

There have been 3 sorts of NBA enthusiasts on Tuesday evening. Those who watched the Hawks-Pacers recreation and have been disgusted through the absence of any kind of protection. Those who watched the Hawks-Pacers recreation and did not sleep a wink as they have been looking to come down from the adrenaline rush of one of the maximum insane basketball games in recorded historical past. 

And then there have been those that did not watch the recreation in any respect. 

The Hawks misplaced, however in case you did not watch this recreation and you might be an NBA fan, I hate to inform you this, however you have been the actual loser on Tuesday evening. This recreation, a 157-152 victory for the Pacers, wasn’t, in reality, a normal NBA recreation. It was once an All-Star recreation. 

Up and down. Bucket after bucket after bucket. We’re speaking about the highest pre-game over/under line since 1995 at 252.5 points (relying to your ebook), and those maniacs blew previous that overall lower than a 3rd of the means into the fourth quarter. The reside line in the end went over 300. I don’t believe I’ve ever observed that occur. 

Again, this is an All-Star recreation overall. 

Not a actual recreation. 

But this was once an actual recreation, kind of, and it nonetheless went over at 309 points! That’s the largest cashed over in 32 years. Obviously a large output was once forecasted right here with two fast moving, top-shelf offenses going towards two bottom-10 defenses, however it may best move so top and nonetheless get bets on each side. 

If you have been scared off through the bloated line and both stayed away or, worse, went with the underneath, possibly you will have to’ve checked Indiana’s early season scoring developments. Entering Tuesday, the over had hit in 11 of Indiana’s 12 games through a mean of virtually 14 points above the line. 

Indiana has now been concerned in the 4 highest-scoring games of the season, scoring 157 on Tuesday and 152 towards the Spurs, whilst giving up 155 to the Celtics and 152, once more on Tuesday, to the Hawks — who, simply to make this an excellent harder tablet to swallow for Atlanta enthusiasts, held a 20-point lead over Indiana past due in the 2nd quarter. 

If you wish to have to only watch the closing six mins, which was once a straight-up fireworks display, right here you move.

The 157 points is the very best scoring overall in Indiana’s NBA franchise historical past. The 309 overall points are the maximum points scored in a recreation this season and the sixteenth maximum all time. For the file, the very best scoring overall in NBA historical past got here in 1983 when the Pistons beat the Nuggets 186-184 for a complete of 370 points. 

But that recreation went to 3 overtimes. The very best non-overtime recreation in historical past got here in 1990, when the Warriors beat the Nuggets 162-158 for a complete of 320. This Hawks-Pacers recreation at 309 is going down as the ninth-highest non-overtime scoring overall in historical past. 

Some of the stats: Seven gamers scored in double figures for the Pacers, led through Tyrese Haliburton’s 37, whilst six scored no less than 14 for the Hawks, led through Trae Young’s 38. 

Both teams shot 60% from the box and 48% from 3. Indiana’s 22 made 3-pointers are the 2nd maximum this season, one off the 23 Dallas made on Oct. 30 towards Memphis. 

Both teams shot 28 loose throws. 

Oh through the means, the Pacers, who moved to 8-5 general, clinched a place in the In-Season Tournament knockout spherical through successful the Eastern Conference’s Group A with a 3-0 file.