Pacers outlast Hawks in one of the wildest NBA games you’ll ever see

There have been 3 types of NBA enthusiasts on Tuesday night time. Those who watched the Hawks-Pacers sport and have been disgusted by means of the absence of any type of protection. Those who watched the Hawks-Pacers sport 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 sport in any respect. 

The Hawks misplaced, however should you did not watch this sport and you might be an NBA fan, I hate to let you know this, however you have been the actual loser on Tuesday night time. This sport, a 157-152 victory for the Pacers, wasn’t, in reality, a normal NBA sport. It used to be an All-Star sport. 

Up and down. Bucket after bucket after bucket. We’re speaking about the highest pre-game over/under line since 1995 at 252.5 issues (relying to your e-book), and those maniacs blew previous that general not up to a 3rd of the approach into the fourth quarter. The are living line ultimately went over 300. I do not believe I’ve ever noticed that occur. 

Again, this is an All-Star sport general. 

Not a actual sport. 

But this used to be an actual sport, type of, and it nonetheless went over at 309 issues! That’s the largest cashed over in 32 years. Obviously an enormous output used to be forecasted right here with two fast moving, top-shelf offenses going towards two bottom-10 defenses, however it may possibly simplest move so prime and nonetheless get bets on each side. 

If you have been scared off by means of the bloated line and both stayed away or, worse, went with the beneath, in all probability you must’ve checked Indiana’s early season scoring traits. Entering Tuesday, the over had hit in 11 of Indiana’s 12 games by means of a mean of nearly 14 issues 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 overdue in the 2nd quarter. 

If you wish to have to simply watch the final six mins, which used to be a straight-up fireworks display, right here you move.

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

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

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

Both groups 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 groups shot 28 loose throws. 

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