The Indiana Pacers advanced to the In-Season Tournament’s Final after a 128-119 win against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Tyrese Haliburton was the best Pacer again with another monster performance: 27 points, 15 assists and zero turnovers.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 37 points and 10 rebounds while Damian Lillard scored 16 of his 24 points in the third quarter.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Pacers upsetting the Bucks.
lmao Tyrese Haliburton has another 20/12 with zero turnover game through three quarters. this is absurd. total superstar.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) December 8, 2023
Tyrese Haliburton over two elimination games against two of the best teams in the league in Boston and Milwaukee just put up 53/17/28 with ZERO turnovers. While shooting like 56/40/100.
What he just did in these last two games is STAGGERING.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) December 8, 2023
The Pacers are a fascinating case study in modern basketball.
Allow the opposing team to get shots as fast as possible because they aren’t likely to be able to keep pace with your offense.
Juiced ball era exploit
— Dave DuFour (@DaveDuFourNBA) December 7, 2023
they had to tell the story of haliburton’s career cause they never bothered to put his games on national tv before this week LMAO
— jeff (@DedicationHoops) December 7, 2023
Worked a 12 hour shift yesterday… and I was constantly reminding the world that the Bucks wanted no smoke with these young athletic Pacers!!! Halliburton stood on BUSINESS once again. Carry the hell on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) December 8, 2023
Everything about Haliburton is just tremendous. His game, demeanor, willingness to share the moment with his team. How you can you not be a fan of this dude?
“It’s not my moment, it’s our moment.”
Love him.
— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) December 8, 2023
“It’s not my time — it’s ours.”
Tyrese Haliburton gotta be one of the most likable young stars in the NBA
— Zak Keefer (@zkeefer) December 8, 2023