The Pacers didn’t miss much to secure a second victory in a row. Accuracy especially in the last moments. Because if Tyrese Haliburton and his gang gave in to the Raptors, they owe it to their waste in the final seconds.
Indiana was ahead at the start of “money time”. They still have control 30 seconds from the end, with a point in advance, after a basket from their playmaker. On the next throw-in, Scottie Barnes fakes a pass to Pascal Siakam and goes towards the circle . He scores in front of Myles Turner, who also makes a mistake. First mistake.
Absence and precipitation
“I missed some defenses and I am totally responsible,” assumes the pivot for the Indy Star. “Barnes went to the basket and then it snowballed. It’s my fault. I knew it was going to happen, we talked about it during the timeout, but I had an absence. »
Toronto then has a two-point lead. Tyrese Haliburton tries to outrun OG Anunoby and attacks the basket. He tries his luck with the board, but his shot is difficult and he misses. Second mistake.
“I think there was a foul, with his arm on my hip, but the referees disagreed,” explains the All-Star, who does not want to make it an excuse. ” I hurried up. I should have looked for a better shot for us. I made some bad decisions in the end. »
A last shoot that could have been better?
Despite these mistakes, the Raptors did not kill the game. The fault lies in a clumsy free throw, with three missed in a row, including two from Gary Trent Jr. The Pacers thus still have a match point in the final seconds. Buddy Hield, excellent in this part (31 points at 7/12 at 3-pts), finds himself alone behind the arc, 9 meters away. He misses the target with the board.
When he was served by his playmaker, the shooter still had 2.8 seconds. Enough time to dribble, get closer to the basket and increase your chances. Third mistake?
“This shot suited me well. I think he was good. No matter the distance, I had a catch-and-shoot,” replies the one who has found his place in the major five. “I missed it, but if I had put it in, it would have looked like it was a good shot. Plus, I was hot all evening. That’s the game: we’re hot, we miss a shot and we don’t get rewarded. You can say that I should have dribbled or not, but I take this shot a hundred times at the end of the match. »
“I take that 10 times out of 10 and I think everyone agrees with that. It is open, in the axis of the basket. He works on this shot every day. It was a great shot”concludes Tyrese Haliburton.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 12 | 33.4 | 51.8 | 45.8 | 92.6 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 24.7 |
| Myles Turner | 13 | 26.2 | 50.3 | 36.2 | 77.6 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 16.8 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 13 | 24.4 | 43.8 | 34.0 | 78.9 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 13.5 |
| Buddy Hield | 13 | 23.4 | 43.8 | 40.6 | 50.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 12.3 |
| Obi Toppin | 13 | 23.1 | 59.0 | 25.7 | 84.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 11.5 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 13 | 30.7 | 46.7 | 38.8 | 85.0 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 13 | 23.3 | 51.5 | 45.3 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 10.8 |
| Jalen Smith | 11 | 14.9 | 72.6 | 68.8 | 66.7 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| Jordan Nwora | 4 | 14.8 | 48.3 | 30.8 | 75.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 11 | 18.3 | 48.0 | 28.6 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 7.5 |
| Tj Mcconnell | 9 | 14.5 | 54.9 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 7.3 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 7 | 13.9 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 63.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| Ben Sheppard | 5 | 10.6 | 40.9 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| Jarace Walker | 4 | 10.1 | 38.9 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| 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 |
