Tyrese Haliburton easily concedes this. He took a while to get into his game in Cleveland on Saturday night. “I needed some shots to fall in because the first half was tough”he explains for the Indy Star.
The Indiana leader started the game with 2 small points at 1/6 on the shoot in the first period. He did not want to force and preferred to rotate with 8 assists. Already against Washington, it took a while to get going.
“I go through phases of play where I feel like I’m coasting a bit”he analyzes, he who will finish with 21 points and 13 assists. “It’s not intentional and I don’t feel it at the time. When I look at this, I have to get going because in the last match, I was only five points behind at the break. There, I’m at two points. I have to be better so that we can win matches. »
“I had to talk to him to get going”
With 8 points in the third quarter, things will get better. However, it is really in the last act that the Team USA player will regain his sensations and his efficiency. It’s not just the entry into “money time” that will wake up Tyrese Haliburton, but the attitude of a Cavaliers fan.
“I needed external motivation. I’m not going to say what exactly he said, but overall it was to tell me to stop complaining. I told myself that I was an adult, that he was not going to talk to me the way he wanted. It was from there that everything came together. I had to talk to him to get going. »
The rest is 11 points scored in the last act including 3/3 behind the arc. The three winning baskets were scored in one minute and gave the Pacers a ten-point lead. A few moments later, he delivered a decisive pass for a 3-point shot from Myles Turner, which will definitively rule out the Cavaliers.
“Tyrese does Tyrese”admires Aaron Nesmith, who shone in this match. “I love him for that. At one point during the match, I told him that if he was okay, we would be okay too. He took control and scored his winning baskets. »
| 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 | 3.3 | 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 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 17.5 |
| 2022-23 | IND | 56 | 34 | 49.0 | 40.0 | 87.1 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 10.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 20.7 |
| 2023-24 | IND | 2 | 30 | 50.0 | 46.2 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 20.5 |
| Total | 193 | 33 | 47.9 | 40.8 | 85.8 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 16.2 | |
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.
