The Indiana Pacers are currently sailing past the Milwaukee Bucks in the opening round of the playoffs.
They have been a huge offensive problem for Milwaukee since the first game for multiple reasons, including their number of assists.
Night after night, the Pacers create new ways to find one another on the court.
As noted by StatMuse, the number of assists they create is remarkable.
They have three 30-assist games in these playoffs, while everyone else combined only has two.
30-assist games this playoffs:
3 — Pacers
2 — Everyone else combined pic.twitter.com/rhmJDdLMnU— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 28, 2025
During Sunday’s game, it was Tyrese Haliburton who created the most assists.
He had 15, while TJ McConnell committed six, Pascal Siakam had four, Myles Turner and Jarace Walker had three, Andrew Nembhard had two, and Ben Sheppard, Obi Toppin, and Thomas Bryant had one each.
For the season, Haliburton had 9.2 assists per game, but that number has rocketed up in the postseason, and now he is producing a league-high 12.3 per game.
Those numbers are not a surprise because Haliburton led the entire league in assists last year with 10.9.
For the last few years, he has been one of the best facilitators in the NBA.
A team needs more than just assists to win a series, but this is a true testament to just how much the Pacers understand one another and how well they work together on the court.
If they are able to get past the Bucks, their second-round opponents will surely try to come up with a way to limit their assists.
But the problem with Indiana is that they have so many stars who can step up and find one another.
Haliburton might be their best player with assists, but everyone on the roster is capable and contributing.
