Tyrese Haliburton continues to shine in bright moments for his Indiana Pacers.
The Iowa State basketball alum on May 6 came up clutch in Game 2 of his team’s NBA Eastern Conference playoffs second-round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, completing a 20-point comeback with a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds.
It was a frantic sequence as Haliburton missed a free throw, corralled the rebound and reset the offense above the 3-point arc before scoring the go-ahead bucket on an isolation stepback with 1.1 seconds remaining.
HOW?!
TYRESE HALIBURTON IS UNREAL. GAME-WINNER TO TAKE GAME 2. pic.twitter.com/8gxiCvCGu3
The Pacers won, 120-119, to take a 2-0 series lead and are now heading back to Indiana for two games at home.
Haliburton finished with 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists on 7-of-11 shooting.
NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal offered praise for the former Cyclone during the “Inside the NBA” post-game show on TNT.
“First of all, Tyrese Haliburton is not an overrated player,” O’Neal said. “He’s a great player, he plays the right way. And all the kids out there, the ones that can’t jump high, that don’t have the Steph Curry (shooting) form, watch him and steal all that he does. He played a great game.”
“First of all, Tyrese Haliburton is NOT an overrated player.”
Shaq had praise for Hali after he led the Pacers to a 2-0 series lead pic.twitter.com/Y8U6rqdZQb
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This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Watch Tyrese Haliburton’s game-winner in Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Game 2
Reporting by Gus Martin, Des Moines Register / Des Moines Register
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