Where does Tyrese Haliburton's Game 4 rank in Pacers' playoff performances?
Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton had a game for the ages Tuesday night, scoring 32 points with 15 assists, 12 rebounds, four steals and no turnovers. Where does it rank among the best playoff performances by a Pacers? Here's a look.
Brown closed out the 1970 ABA finals with 45 points on 14-of-27 shooting, including 7 of 12 from 3, with 11 rebounds and two turnovers in the 111-107 victory. In a Finals clinching win, this is the pick.
How do you rank eight points in 9 seconds? It's the iconic moment for the Pacers' NBA history but Miller "only" scored 31 points on 7-of-18 shooting, including 3 of 7 from 3, though he did have five rebounds, four assists and four steals without a turnover in the 107-105 win over the Knicks. Putting it No. 2 for its historic context but not sure it belongs this high.
Brown scored 53 points on 18-of-29 shooting with 13 rebounds, six assists and three turnovers in a 142-120 win in Game 4 of the ABA Finals. In the final three games of the series he shot 58.2%, 48.0% from 3, with 12.3 rpg, 5.0 apg and 45.7 ppg.
McGinnis scored 40 on 13-of-26 shooting with 23 rebounds, eight assists, three steals and one turnover in a 104-96 win over the Nuggets that sent the Pacers to the ABA Finals.
No turnovers (and 15 assists) is doing a lot of work here as Haliburton "only" shot 11 of 23 (though 6 of 11 on 3s). He finished with 32 points, 12 rebounds and four steals in the 130-121 win over the Knicks.
Lewis scored 40 points on 16-of-21 shooting, including 2 of 2 on 3s, six rebounds, six assists, four steals and three turnovers as the Pacers took a 118-107 victory over the Stars in the Western Division Finals.
O'Neal had 37 points on 12-of-15 shooting, 15 rebounds, four blocks and three turnovers in a first round game the Pacers won 107-95.
Another iconic Miller moment as he scored 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Pacers to a 93-86 win over the Knicks. He finished with 39 points on 14-of-26 shooting, including 6 of 11 on 3s, with six assists and no turnovers. The Pacers would lose the next two games, however.
McGinnis scored 51 points on 21-of-40 shooting, including 3 of 6 on 3s, with 17 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals but turned the ball over five times. This is No. 1 by Game Score, a formula created by John Hollinger, includes points, field goals and free throws, rebounds, steals, assists, blocks, fouls and turnovers to give a rough measure of how a player performed. (Several of the Roger Brown games don't have a game score since steals and blocks weren't kept.) We're dropping it because the Pacers lost, 110-109, but if you want to move it up, I'm not arguing.
This is Miller's best game by Game Score as he scored 40 points on 11-of-18 shooting, 7 of 10 on 3s, but with one rebounds, zero assists, two steals, one block and two turnovers in a 108-91 win over the Sixers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Knight was 18 of 22 for 44 points with six rebounds and three assists in a 131-124 Western Division Finals win over the Nuggets.
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