Tyrese Haliburton clutch again, continues ‘unreal' run

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10-05-2025

Yahoo Sports contributing NBA writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine go inside the numbers after Indiana's guard hit another game-winning shot in Game 2 against Cleveland. Hear the full conversation on 'The Big Number' and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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When Tyrese Halliburton did the cojones, Eddie Howe, Sam Cassell dance, kind of felt like he should have gone with this one, the choke.
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Oh, OK. Oh no.
He's done it twice where he's had incredible comebacks against the Milwaukee Bucks and then again against Cleveland.
Harkening back to Reggie Miller in the Pacers uniform, 8 points, 9 seconds.
Come on now.
You couldn't do the choke sign just like uh Reggie Miller.
Like it it it's, it's such a layup to go with the choke hold.
Damn, what do you think?
What do you think about that?
I mean, I don't know, I think he, he might not have made it out of Rocket Arena if he had done that.
I feel like, you know, Cleveland's had problems in the past with people rushing the court, uh, you know, I, I don't know that I would have I would have wanted to, to test that theory out.
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They were down 7, 48 seconds to go, and it happens again, according to ESPN Stats and Info.
NBA teams are 3 and 1640 when they've been trailing by at least 7 points in the final minute of the fourth quarter overtime in the play by play era goes back to 1997.
That is a winning percentage of 0.18%.
2 of those three wins are the Pacers in the last week.
Yeah Per up to stats.
Tyrese Halliburton is the only player in the last 20 years to rebound his own missed free throw and then hit a game winning 3 pointer in the last 15 seconds of a game.
20 years of games, one guy did it last night.
That shot, that stepback 3 last night was his 10th make of the season to tie or take a lead in the last 2 minutes of the game.
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Only Jalen Brunson, Nikola Jokic, and Tyler Hero have more, but here's the thing that differentiates him from them.
It was his 10th make in 11 attempts in that setting.
What?
1011 in those like do or die moments, go ahead shots with final two minutes, 4th quarter or overtime.
He's 10/11, 10 of 11.
He's 4 for 4 inside the arc, including the game winning series winning layup against Giannis, and now he's 6 for 7 on threes.
That's a 90.9% field goal percentage.
It is an unreal level of clutch time performance, and it has them two wins away from going back to a second straight Eastern Conference Finals with 4 for three of the next 4 games at home.
Unbelievable.