And this is what happened for most of Haliburton’s 35 minutes on the court, when he played with an edge, a fury that doesn’t seem like him. Wouldn’t you like to see more of it? This was Haliburton responding to all the haters out there — Dame Lillard, Bobby Portis, anonymous players who deemed him the NBA’s “Most Overrated Player” in that survey released earlier Tuesday — and doing it with venom. Afterward, he was shrugging. No big deal, he was saying. “I must be doing something right, if that’s the case,” he said of his spot on The Athletic’s survey. “I don’t have a big speech or comment on it. All I care about is this locker room and winning games. … I know who I am, and am confident in my own skin and not worried about what anybody thinks. My teammates trust me. So does my front office, my coaching staff. I could care less.”
Source: Indianapolis Star
Source: Indianapolis Star
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Haliburton: “We don’t like them, and they don’t like us” sportando.basketball/en/haliburton-… – 3:26 AM
Haliburton: “We don’t like them, and they don’t like us” sportando.basketball/en/haliburton-… – 3:26 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
The only Pacers with multiple 20/10a games in the playoffs:
— Micheal Williams
— Malcolm Brogdon
and now Tyrese Haliburton. pic.x.com/tHVxqqgAxy – 9:01 PM
The only Pacers with multiple 20/10a games in the playoffs:
— Micheal Williams
— Malcolm Brogdon
and now Tyrese Haliburton. pic.x.com/tHVxqqgAxy – 9:01 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Haliburton with a double-double, 21/10a with 15mins left.
Bucks are hanging around as the Pacers, who have never trailed tonight, maintain an 11-point edge. – 8:53 PM
Haliburton with a double-double, 21/10a with 15mins left.
Bucks are hanging around as the Pacers, who have never trailed tonight, maintain an 11-point edge. – 8:53 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
A rocky 2Q for the Pacers as the Bucks got to within four. It’s 68-60 at halftime led by 16-3-7 from Haliburton.
Giannis has 14-9-5 — but just 2FTs. Lillard has been better than expected: 11pts in 18mins. – 8:13 PM
A rocky 2Q for the Pacers as the Bucks got to within four. It’s 68-60 at halftime led by 16-3-7 from Haliburton.
Giannis has 14-9-5 — but just 2FTs. Lillard has been better than expected: 11pts in 18mins. – 8:13 PM
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Portis supposed to switch onto Haliburton on that flare screen for a 3 and missed it – 7:57 PM
Portis supposed to switch onto Haliburton on that flare screen for a 3 and missed it – 7:57 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
Tyrese Haliburton has changed his song for team intros to the new one that mentions him — “what the Haliburton!”
Tip-off for Game 2 is next. – 7:04 PM
Tyrese Haliburton has changed his song for team intros to the new one that mentions him — “what the Haliburton!”
Tip-off for Game 2 is next. – 7:04 PM
More on this storyline
Tyrese Haliburton: “Everybody says league rivalries aren’t here anymore, well it’s right here. It’s fun. I’m not gonna sit here and lie to you. It’s some fun shit now” -via Bluesky / April 23, 2025
Haliburton chuckled. Pacers coach Rick Carlisle? He was seething. “I want to see the guys, the faces, that voted,” he said after Game 2. “I want to see the faces of those guys, all right?… The whole thing is bullshit, OK? And it’s just really a shameful thing, a shameful thing.” -via Indianapolis Star / April 23, 2025
Scott Agness: Pacers become the first playoff team to go up 2-0 in their series — 123-115 wire-to-wire win over the Bucks. Siakam (24/11) and Nembhard (17) made b2b 3s after 13-0 run got Bucks to within two. Haliburton had 21-5-12. Next: G3 on Friday. -via x.com / April 22, 2025