{"id":270382,"date":"2025-11-04T06:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/270382\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:39:08","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-sinks-pacers-with-walk-off-buzzer-beater-to-send-surprising-bucks-to-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/270382\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo sinks Pacers with walk-off buzzer-beater to send surprising Bucks to 5-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest round of one of the East’s most bitter rivalries<\/a> goes to the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n

Credit, Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n

In the first game between the Bucks and Pacers since Myles Turner defected for Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo sunk Indiana with a walk-off buzzer-beater for a 117-115 win<\/a> Monday night.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

With the clock running under 10 seconds in a 115-115 game, Antetokounmpo faced up Pascal Siakam above the 3-point line. He shed Siakam on a screen and found himself guarded by the smaller Aaron Nesmith after a switch. Nesmith didn’t stand a chance.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo backed him to the free-throw line, then pulled up for a turnaround jumper from the elbow. The shot was pure and sunk through the net as time expired, silencing the Gainbridge Fieldhouse crowd.<\/p>\n

Just moments earlier, Nesmith had tied the game by beating Antetokounmpo to the bucket for a layup.<\/p>\n

That bucket capped a rally from a 106-94 Bucks lead midway through the fourth quarter. But Antetokounmpo ensured that the Bucks would have the last laugh and the win.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo finished the night with 33 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals while shooting 14 of 21 from the floor. It was another outstanding effort from the two-time MVP, who entered Monday’s game averaging an NBA-best 34.2 points alongside 13.4 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 68.4% from the field.<\/p>\n

It’s MVP-level production, and it’s not empty stat-padding. With Monday’s win, the Bucks improved to 5-2 and are staking their claim as a contender in a wide-open Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest round of one of the East’s most bitter rivalries goes to the Milwaukee Bucks. Credit, Giannis…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[119505,359,2652,360,6401,15990,25457,99,29981],"class_list":["post-270382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aaron-nesmith","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-indiana","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-myles-turner","tag-pacers","tag-pascal-siakam","tag-sports","tag-the-bucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}