Schedule and 2023-24 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 49-33, Indiana 47-35
Game 1 on Sunday, 21 April: Indiana loses at Milwaukee, 109-pts-94
Game 2 on Tuesday, 23 April: Indiana wins at Milwaukee, 125-pts-108
Game 3 on Friday, 26 April: Milwaukee loses at Indiana, 121-pts-118(OT)
Game 4 on Sunday, 28 April: Milwaukee loses at Indiana, 126-pts-113
Game 5 on Tuesday, 30 April: Indiana loses at Milwaukee, 115-pts-92
Game 6 on Thursday, 02 May: Milwaukee loses at Indiana, 120-pts-98

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Indiana Pacers hosted and bested the Milwaukee Bucks 120-pts-98 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1568 victory. With the series 1568 win, the Indiana Pacers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 15-18 overall and 6-8 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1568 loss, the Milwaukee Bucks see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 19-28 overall and 4-10 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Indiana Pacers in series 1568 was LWWWLW: Series 1568 thus becomes the seventh NBA Preliminary-round series, the 17th NBA series (all rounds), and the 55th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1568 victory by the Indiana Pacers breaks their six-series losing streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series; the Pacers won their last best-of-7 NBA playoff series in series 1244, over the Washington Wizards in the 2014 NBA Quarterfinals (also via a LWWWLW win order).

After Game 5: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and bested the Indiana Pacers 115-pts-92 to reduce the Indiana Pacers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1568 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 9-1 (with an active eight-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 7-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 2-13 and a Game 6 record of 8-7. Leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 3-games-2, the Indiana Pacers suffered their sole series loss in series 670, to the New York Knickerbockers in the 1994 NBA Semifinals.

After Game 4: The Indiana Pacers hosted and topped the Milwaukee Bucks 126-pts-113 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1568 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 5 record of 2-5. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-11 and a Game 5 record of 4-7. The series 1573 Game 4 victory by the Indiana Pacers breaks a four-Game 4 losing streak by Indiana in best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 3: The Indiana Pacers hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 121-pts-118(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1568 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 10-4 and a Game 4 record of 6-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 3-13 and a Game 4 record of 9-7.

After Game 2: The Indiana Pacers visited and bested the Milwaukee Bucks 125-pts-108 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1568 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 8-11 and a Game 3 record of 12-7, while the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 7-10 and a Game 3 record of 10-7. The series 1568 Game 2 victory by the Indiana Pacers breaks a six-Game 2 losing streak by the Pacers in best-of-7 NBA playoff series.

After Game 1: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and topped the Indiana Pacers 109-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1568 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 11-5 and a Game 2 record of 10-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Indiana Pacers have a series record of 4-13 and a Game 2 record of 9-8.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2023-24 NBA regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks finished two games ahead of the Indiana Pacers. From 1947 through the 2023 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 23-16 (.590) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1568 is the 47th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Milwaukee Bucks, and the 33rd for the Indiana Pacers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 19-27, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-9, and a Game 1 record of 16-30, while the Indiana Pacers have an all-rounds series record of 14-18 (with an active six-series losing streak), a Preliminary-round series record of 5-8 (with an active five-Preliminary-round series losing streak), and a Game 1 record of 15-17. Series 1568 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers.