Haliburton 4-point play drops Bucks + Cavs win 15th straight, again
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🗓️ 12 March 2025
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Summary
Tyrese Haliburton hit the go-ahead free throw with 3.4 seconds remaining to complete an improbable four-point play and lift the Indiana Pacers over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milawaukee Bucks. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Cleveland Cavaliers second 15 game winning streak of the season, Zion Williamson’s triple double trend, and the Clippers slip down the standings. Then, the Athletic’s Eric Nehm joins the show to talk about that game winning play from the Pacers, the Bucks offensive stagnation, and what needs to change before the playoffs.
Read Eric's article on the Bucks/Pacers: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6196567/2025/03/11/pacers-bucks-tyrese-haliburton-comeback/
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita & Eric Nehm
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily. |
| 0:09.0 | Coming up, the Cavs win 15 straight again. |
| 0:12.0 | Zion gets another triple double, and Eric Name is here to talk about the Bucks who are super down bad after that horrific four-point play to lose last night. |
| 0:30.3 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:31.8 | Good morning, Zena. |
| 0:33.7 | Good morning, Dave. |
| 0:34.9 | It's a good morning for everybody if you're not a Milwaukee buck. |
| 0:38.5 | How about the freaking Pacers? |
| 0:41.2 | Terry's Halliburton just has a knack for hitting these tough shots. |
| 0:45.7 | Another game winner drawn up. |
| 0:48.6 | Actually, it wasn't a game winner the first time. |
| 0:50.5 | So in case you guys didn't see it last night, we got to talk about this just right off |
| 0:54.9 | the jump because it was an amazing play. The Bucks have a 114, 111 lead on the Pacers. You know, I'm getting |
| 1:02.5 | my notes together. I'm thinking, okay, we got Eric. We're going to talk about how the Bucks have won |
| 1:06.3 | nine of their last 12. They're on this great run. Okay. And now we're talking about a Bucks three game losing streak because Tyrese Halliburton |
| 1:14.4 | and the Pacers, they run an inbound play that is the football play that they ran |
| 1:20.5 | against the Boston Celtics in the playoffs last year. |
| 1:22.7 | It's the exact same play. |
| 1:24.3 | Tyrese Halliburton runs an excellent underneath wheel route, catches the ball on the |
| 1:29.8 | run, shoots a fading three-pointer, and he's fouled by Janus with 3.4 seconds left, completes |
| 1:35.7 | the four-point play. Janus gets the inbound on the ensuing possession. They didn't have a time |
| 1:41.8 | out. He runs down to court and takes his first shot of the fourth quarter. It's a three-pointer, grazes the rim. But man, what a shot by |
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