The 2025 NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the Indiana Pacers have advanced to the second round with a wild Game 5 win over the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night. They join the Cleveland Cavaliers, who finished off a sweep of the Miami Heat in Game 4, and the Oklahoma City Thunder, who similarly swept the Memphis Grizzlies.

It wasn't pretty, but it was enough. The Indiana Pacers have eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 and will advance to the second rounds of the NBA playoffs. The win was supplied by, naturally, Tyrese Haliburton, who put the Pacers ahead with 1.3 seconds on the clock.

Kenny Atkinson didn’t need a few months, or a few weeks, or even a few games before figuring out the potential of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He needed two practices.