The last time that Tyrese Haliburton had crossed paths with the Heat, he had lived a nightmare evening. It was December 12, and he finished the game with a small point scored and a terrible 0 out of 9 on shots! The fault of Bam Adebayo who had prevented him from speaking about pick-and-roll situations. That night, Haliburton found Miami, and his revenge was as terrible as it was perfect!
The leader of the Pacers planted 43 points with 10 3-point baskets, and above all he scored the winning basket 2 seconds from the end to allow Indiana to win 111-108. Winners of the Celtics on Wednesday, the Pacers confirm their ambitions, and they find a positive balance (17v-16d), while the Heat falls back into the negative (16v-17d).
“I had to answer, and I had this match in mind” Haliburton said after the game. “I had to react. The last time I faced these guys, they really overpowered me. I wanted to respond to them in the right way, to prove that I can be the player that I want to be and that other people think I can be. »
His answer will have been off with first 17 points at 5 of 9 at 3-pointers in the first half. The NBA’s best passer didn’t take a shot inside the arc! And he will continue his festival from afar after the break. At the end of the 3rd quarter, he is already at 30 points with 8 winning shots, and in the fourth quarter, he equals then beats this franchise record with this last distant shot to finish at 14 of 20 on shots , including 10 of 16 3-pointers!
“The greatest players find a way to find a shot” comments Rick Carlisle on this game-winning shot. “We designed a simple system, and he made the gesture to create this small space to place his feet and shoot. I was right behind him, and everything seemed OK. It looked like it was going to swish. »
And it went “swish”!
| Tyrese Haliburton | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 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 | 30 | 34 | 47.2 | 38.9 | 87.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 10.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 20.0 |
| Total | 165 | 33 | 47.2 | 40.6 | 85.3 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 15.4 | |
