Coach Rick Carlisle keep insisting the Indiana Pacers wanted to do more than just make the playoffs
INDIANAPOLIS — Coach Rick Carlisle kept insisting the Indiana Pacers should strive for more than just making the playoffs. He thought his young team could win, advance, maybe even play into late May or June. On Thursday night, Indiana took one gigantic leap forward by routing the Milwaukee Bucks 120-98 in Game 6 to reach the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first time since 2014.
“I'm excited but I think this is more about Indianapolis and the Indiana fans," said center Myles Turner, the longest tenured Pacer at nine seasons — and now a first-time playoff winner."I think they've been waiting a long time to get back to this, and we don't want to stop here. We still have a lot to do, we still have a lot more work to do.” It's not just Indiana or players such as Turner who have been itching to reach this place.
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