A quarter of a century has had to pass so that Indiana Pacers Return to NBA ends. 25 years have been completed since the equipment built by Donnie Walsh In the offices, directed by Larry Bird in the band and led by Reggie Miller On the track, with players like Jallen Rose, Rick Smith, Dale Davis, Chris Mllin, Sam Perkins y hasster Zan Tabackwill finally reach its first NBA final, for a state that lives by and for basketball, but with a franchise not too accustomed to the great triumphs.
In the sixth match against Knicksone of the greatest lived, move towards the Finales For the second time in its history and also starting each series as the second in the forecasts. It happened before the Milwaukee Bucks of Giannis antetokounmpoalso before the Cleveland Cavaliers, East undisputed leaders, and again before some Knicks They were favorites. But the Pacers They already warned.
The Pacers, Eastern Conference Champions.
As the previous year, Indiana He has largely traced his regular season and how they have faced the Playoffs. Again the team was one before All Star Game and another very different after the break. The Pacers and especially Tyrese Haliburton They were highly criticized in the first part of the season, but again, as in 2023-24, The second part was improving until they reached Playoffs In full form.
A year ago, Pacers They were loaded in the Playoffs a Milwaukee (4-2), to the Knicks (4-3) and finally fell to Boston in the final of the East (4-0). A year later they have repeated the story but with a happy ending. As if it were a perfectly greased machinery that knows how to move each piece at every moment. It is not casiality. It is the work of a methodical and calculating coach as Rick Carlisle with a template that has been shaping in the last seasons until reaching a sufficiently winning team. And so these players arrived in their hands, who are now one step away from glory.
Thus the Pacers have been built
Myles Turner: Chosen as number 11 in the 2015 draft.
T.J. McConnell: Signed during the 2019 preseason.
Isaiah Jackson: Chosen as number 22 in the 2021 draft.
Tyrese Haliburton: Acquired during the 2021-22 season in a transfer that included Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb and Sabonis Domantas (to the Kings) in exchange for the base, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.
Bennedict Mathurin: Chosen as number 6 in the 2022 draft.
Andrew Nembhard: Chosen as number 31 in the 2022 draft.
James Johnson: Signed during the preseason of 2022.
Aaron Nesmith: Signed during the 2022 preseason in a transfer with Malik Fitts, Juwan Morgan, Nik Stauskas and Daniel Theis of the Celtics in exchange for Malcolm Brogdon.
Jarace Walker: Chosen as number 8 in the 2023 draft, acquired by Indiana on the night of the Draft.
Ben Sheppard: Chosen with number 26 in the 2023 draft.
Obi Toppin: Acquired during the 2023 preseason in a transfer with the Knicks giving in exchange a second 2029 draft round.
Pascal Sakak: Signed during the 2023-24 season from Toronto in exchange for Bruce Brown, Kira Lewis Jr. and Jordan Nwora. He was champion with the Raptors in 2019.
Quenton Jackson: Signed during the 2023-24 season.
Johnny Furphy: Chosen as number 34 in the 2024 draft.
Enrique Freeman: Chosen with the number 50 of the 2024 Draft.
Thomas Bryant: Signed during the 2024-25 season
Rayj Dennis: Signed during the 2024-25 season.
Tony Bradley: Acquired during the 2024-25 season
Rick Carlisle: He arrived at the Pacers coach in 2021 replacing Nate Bjorkgren.
