After a thrilling four quarters of regulation, the game needed five more minutes to be decided. Milwaukee jumped out to an early lead in overtime thanks to a scorching hot performance from Gary Trent Jr., but the Pacers crawled back to stay in the game.

The Pistons, meanwhile, staved off elimination and forced a Game 6 against the Knicks by beating New York Tuesday night. The winner of that series will face the Celtics in the second round. Elsewhere, the Warriors are up 3-1 in the series against the Houston Rockets and the Minnesota Timberwolves lead the Los Angeles Lakers 3-1.

The Boston Celtics are moving on to the second round of the NBA Playoffs after closing out the Orlando Magic with a 120-89 Game 5 win at TD Garden on Tuesday night.

Spurs guard Stephon Castle is the 2024-25 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year. San Antonio is the first team with back-to-back winners since the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2014-15 (Andrew Wiggins) and 2015-16 (Karl-Anthony Towns).

The NBA announced Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was named the Teammate of the Year for the 2024-25 season. This is the first time he has received the award, and he's the first member of the Warriors to earn the distinction,

They are now on the brink of securing their spot in the second round of the NBA playoffs after their hard-fought 109-106 victory against the Houston Rockets in Game 4. To their credit, the Rockets kept Steph Curry (relatively) at bay on Monday night as Houston did all it could to prevent another offensive explosion from the former back-to-back MVP.