Fansided · Mar 3, 2018
Post-Game Grades: Pacers beat Bucks and pull ahead in potential tiebreaker situations
The Indiana Pacers went on a huge run in the 3rd quarter, but they had to survive a late push from the Milwaukee Bucks to earn the win.
The win wasn’t pretty, but that doesn’t change the fact the Indiana Pacers now hold a tiebreaker over the Milwaukee Bucks. Indiana leads the season series 2-1, but even with one game left between the two, the Bucks can’t make up the gap in Central Division wins.
You might remember from last season how important those tiebreakers were in deciding the Eastern Conference seeding. With fewer than four games separating the third and eighth seeds in the East right now, tiebreakers are likely to factor in again this season.