US EditionBucks Center Myles Turner Returns to Indiana and Is Booed in His First Game Against His Old Team
- On Nov. 2, Myles Turner returned to Gainbridge Fieldhouse as an opponent after spending the first 10 years of his career with the Indiana Pacers before signing with the Milwaukee Bucks.
- Turner described his free agency as a 'rug pull' and said Indiana Pacers front office 'made it very easy for me' to leave despite their four-year, $107 million offer, while Turner claims Milwaukee offered $40 million more.
- On the court, Turner has shown defensive impact but uneven scoring, averaging under 10 points and shooting 39 percent while Bucks coach Doc Rivers said, shrugging.
- Pacers fans greeted Turner with boos sustained through a tribute video and each ball touch, amid Indiana Pacers’ injury struggles and a 0-5 start.
- Milwaukee's aggressive roster move — including a $113 million maneuver — helped the Bucks, with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Myles Turner, rank among conference leaders and face Indiana at least three more times this season.
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It's unfair for anyone who has given ten years of their life to a team, he said of his teammate who until last year played for Indiana.
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Giannis Antetokounmpo buzzer-beater lifts Bucks over Pacers
Giannis Antetokounmpo capped his game-high 33-point performance on Monday with a buzzer-beating, turnaround fadeaway to lift the Milwaukee Bucks past the Indiana Pacers, 117-115, in Indianapolis.
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Antetokounmpo hits buzzer-beater to send Bucks past Pacers 117-115 in Turner's Indy return
Giannis Antetokounmpo made a 17-foot buzzer-beating jumper to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 117-115 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
Pacers fall on Bucks' buzzer-beater in Myles Turner's return to Indy
INDIANPOLIS (WISH) — The Pacers lost to the Bucks, 117-115, on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s buzzer beater fadeaway shot. The Pacers were down by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter, and fought back to tie the game with an Aaron Nesmith layup with less than 15 seconds left. But it would be the Bucks that prevailed in the end. “This is all you can ask for,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “We were down double digits again in the fourth qua…
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