Last year, Tyrese Haliburton ignited the start of the NBA season with his 3-point skills and his blind passes. And if he had suffered a major setback from his hamstring injury, the leader and his team had still reached the conference final…
Olympic champion (without really playing), the former Kings is not off to the same start this season. After 15 matches, he is only averaging 15.3 points at 37.5% success, including 28.4% from afar!
Last night, against the Rockets, he missed his game again, with only 4 points on 1/7 shooting. A poor performance which follows that against the Raptors, with 16 points at 5/18 on the shoot. So of course, the Indiana infirmary is full but, in fact, it would be the ideal time for Tyrese Haliburton to raise his voice.
Except that again this night, the former Kings seemed to be in slow motion, keeping a pocket of heat on his back each time he joined the bench. Is he slowed down by injuries? This is what they think the keenest observers of the teamwho also note a huge difference in production between home and away matches.
A big difference in efficiency outside
During the six home games (4 wins – 2 losses), Tyrese Haliburton averaged 20.8 points and 8.8 assists, with a 46.2% success rate including 39.2% from distance. In the nine away games (2 wins – 7 losses), he averages only 11.7 points and 8.2 assists, with a 30.4% success rate including 20% from 3-point range.
But on Rick Carlisle's side, we avoid talking specifically about the difficulties of the titular leader.
“These are difficult times” concedes the coach. “For a lot of reasons. We're not playing well, that's clear. We are not connected the way we should be, our collective mind is not where it should be. We have to find solutions but in times like these, there is only one thing that gets you out of the hole, and that is playing hard, all together. And do it consistently. »
The bad news for the reigning conference finalists (6 wins – 9 losses) is that there is one away game left in their current “road trip”, in Milwaukee. The good news is that then, they have four home games, against affordable opponents (Washington, New Orleans, Portland and Detroit).
| Tyrese Haliburton | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2020-21 | BAG | 58 | 30 | 47.2 | 40.9 | 85.7 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.0 |
| 2021-22 * | All Teams | 77 | 35 | 47.3 | 41.4 | 84.2 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 15.3 |
| 2021-22 * | BAG | 51 | 34 | 45.7 | 41.3 | 83.7 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 14.3 |
| 2021-22 * | IND | 26 | 36 | 50.2 | 41.6 | 84.9 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 17.5 |
| 2022-23 | IND | 56 | 34 | 49.0 | 40.0 | 87.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 20.7 |
| 2023-24 | IND | 69 | 32 | 47.7 | 36.4 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 20.1 |
| 2024-25 | IND | 15 | 35 | 37.5 | 28.4 | 82.0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 15.3 |
| Total | 275 | 33 | 47.2 | 38.6 | 85.4 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 17.1 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
