While their tormentors the Celtics will have another opportunity to win the title tonight, the Pacers have been on vacation for three weeks and Tyrese Haliburtonwho is still recovering from his hamstring injury in preparation for the Olympic Games, takes the opportunity to take stock of the past season.
“ When the season ends, you have time to rest, relax and it's a great time to reflect on everything you've accomplished. » does he develop initially, on the sidelines of a summer camp for young basketball players.
In this case, Tyrese Haliburton only retains positives from the 2023–24 financial year.Indianafinalist of the In-Season Tournament and eliminated in the conference final by Boston, after obtaining 6th place in the East (47-35) and dismissing Milwaukee then New York in the playoffs.
“But we know there is another step to take and we are not satisfied with just reaching the conference final”
“ It was a great season » says the leader, again an All-Star but this time as a starter in Indianapolis, and now a member of the All-NBA Third Team and best passer in the league. “ Collectively and individually, of course. But we know there's another step to take and we're not satisfied with just reaching the conference finals. We want to do much more. »
“ Do much more » therefore means reaching… the Finals. Unheard of for the Pacers since 2000 but, like his coach Rick Carlisle, Tyrese Haliburton wants to be confident and ambitious for the future (even if this will already involve the re-signing of Pascal Siakam…).
“ I think it's safe to say we're ahead of schedule on our rebuild » estimates the one who will begin its extension of 245 million dollars over five years. “ But we know what we are capable of and our goal is to get back to where we went this season and do even more. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Pascal Siakam | 41 | 31.8 | 54.9 | 38.6 | 69.9 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 21.3 |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 69 | 32.2 | 47.7 | 36.4 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| Myles Turner | 77 | 27.0 | 52.4 | 35.8 | 77.3 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 59 | 26.1 | 44.6 | 37.4 | 82.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 72 | 27.7 | 49.6 | 41.9 | 78.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 33 | 29.7 | 47.5 | 32.7 | 81.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Buddy Hield | 52 | 25.7 | 44.3 | 38.4 | 84.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Obi Toppin | 82 | 21.1 | 57.3 | 40.3 | 77.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Tj Mcconnell | 71 | 18.2 | 55.6 | 40.9 | 79.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Jalen Smith | 61 | 17.2 | 59.2 | 42.4 | 69.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 68 | 25.0 | 49.8 | 35.7 | 80.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 9.2 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 60 | 12.8 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 71.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| Jordan Nwora | 18 | 10.1 | 45.1 | 30.6 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| Ben Sheppard | 57 | 14.3 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Doug McDermott | 18 | 11.4 | 40.6 | 32.1 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Jarace Walker | 33 | 10.3 | 40.9 | 40.0 | 88.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | 8 | 5.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Isaiah Wong | 1 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Daniel Theis | 1 | 8.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Kendall Brown | 15 | 4.2 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| James Johnson | 9 | 5.2 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Quenton Jackson | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
