In the midst of all the chaos, the Pacers prevailed, 118-109, to win their seventh straight game and nearly end to the Bucks’ playoff hopes.

Milwaukee (29-33) lost for the fifth time in its last six games to fall three games behind eighth-place Philadelphia (32-30) with four games to play in the chase for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.

The 76ers’ magic number to clinch a berth dropped to two – any combination of Bucks losses and 76ers victories totaling two will eliminate Milwaukee.

“We’re on the outside looking in,” Dunleavy said. “We’ve got to do something extraordinary right now.”

via Charles F. Sanders of the Journal Sentinel