The Indiana Pacers are headed to the NBA In-Season Tournament Finals. This is after they took out the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night in a hard-fought 128-119 victory that saw Tyrese Haliburton pull out some clutch heroics in a truly impressive performance from the 23-year-old.
Tyrese Haliburton Takes Down Milwaukee Bucks
Tyrese Haliburton knew what he had to do in this one. The Pacers were relying on him to have a big game in this do-or-die showdown against a powerhouse Milwaukee side.
The All-Star point guard delivered with an eye-opening 27-point, 15-assist double-double with seven rebounds, and a block. Amazingly, Haliburton had another zero-turnover game, making it two contests in a row for the Oshkosh, Wisconsin native.
To cap off his heroic performance, Haliburton also went 3-of-9 from deep. His most important triple came with less than a minute remaining in the game:
TYRESE HALIBURTON, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
27 PTS, 15 AST 🤯
🏀 Pacers/Bucks on ESPN
🏆 Winner advances to Championship in Las Vegas on Saturday pic.twitter.com/fr6PhgMj21— NBA (@NBA) December 8, 2023
DAGGER.
Haliburton Sets NBA Twitter on Fire
If there was any doubt regarding Haliburton’s superstar status before this high-profile game, then all of that should be erased after this majestic performance.
Just ask the mean streets of Twitter:
Tyrese Haliburton would NOT be denied reaching the first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament Championship!
🔥 27 PTS
🔥 15 AST
🔥 0 TOHis 3rd game this season with 25+ PTS, 15+ AST and 0 TO. No other player has more than 1 such game in their CAREER since turnovers were first tracked… pic.twitter.com/vWndJ8WIbb
— NBA (@NBA) December 8, 2023
Haliburton just did that against what is probably his biggest point guard competition for a starting spot on the East All-Star team, with the game in Indianapolis this year.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 8, 2023
"Tyrese Haliburton is putting the basketball world on notice!" 🗣️
TYRESE TAKEOVER 😤 https://t.co/jxMaRG5CTu pic.twitter.com/2FZgByAfn2
— NBA (@NBA) December 8, 2023
PACERS ADVANCE TO THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT FINALS 🏆
HALIBURTON FINISHES WITH 27 PTS, 15 AST, 7 REB AND 0 TURNOVERS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/84088cAJdi
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 8, 2023
That's officially 53 points, 28 assists, and 0 turnovers for Tyrese Haliburton in his last two games.
The tweet below was published 23 days ago. https://t.co/Y35DjITqel
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 8, 2023
TYRESE HALIBURTON TODAY:
27 POINTS
15 ASSISTS
0 TURNOVERSPACERS ADVANCE TO THE IN-SEASON FINAL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/OVojmTZPfk
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) December 8, 2023
Tyrese Haliburton today:
27 points
15 assists
7 rebounds
0 turnoversThe new Point God. pic.twitter.com/iyKzEXQE4L
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) December 8, 2023
The Pacers are now headed to the finals of the IST to face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.
The Bucks, on the other hand, are done.
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