The Indiana Pacers are the best after leading 2-0 over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ top seed.
The Cleveland Cavaliers had to win Game 2 against the Indiana Pacers and were on the track to do so up to a dramatic delayed turnaround.
Tyreese Halliburton hit the unlikely, slow winner to keep a historic comeback down and steal a 120-119 victory.
The Pacer star responded perfectly to the provocations from the crowd, informing them how he felt in a massive celebration that could have led him to punish the league.
Tyrees Halliburton’s final three pointers from the top of the key was a special moment that kept alive.
And the fact that it happened in Cleveland had some importance to the Indiana Pacers.
Pacers Center Myles Turner responded to a comparison of the images of Haliburton’s three players and Lebron James scored in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2018.
James’ winner sealed a 98-95 victory to score a 4-1 victory, coming from the same part of the court where Halliburton sank him.
Turner wrote to X:
To see the similarities, just look at the winning shots of two dramatic games…
The winner of LeBron James preceded an unfortunate series sweep in the final against the Warriors, which was his final game he won with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Miles Turner was with the Indiana Pacers when LeBron James finished the season in 2018. He was drafted by the team in 2015 and has remained ever since.
Turner had to escape the game with two minutes remaining when James scored his late winner and watched the superstar end the season from the bystanders.
Seven years later, LeBron James ended in LA, but Turner and the Pacers acquired a shell-shocked recall element of the Cleveland Cavaliers.