It seems as though every time the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers meet, something overly dramatic occurs. Whether it’s a feud over the rights to a game ball or an NBA Cup upset, these teams have stumbled into one of the more fun rivalries in basketball. Tuesday was yet another stunner. But this time, it was purely a basketball matter.
With 6.1 seconds to go and the Bucks leading 112-110, Indiana’s Andrew Nembhard was fouled with a chance to tie the game. He split his free throws, though, putting Milwaukee in the driver’s seat up 112-111. Damian Lillard then calmly sank two free throws with 3.2 seconds remaining to extend the lead to three, meaning Milwaukee’s worst-case scenario, barring something catastrophic, was overtime.
And then something catastrophic happened.