Tyreese Halliburton has had an age playoff run against the Indiana Pacers.
Halliburton produced many magical moments, driving Pacer to his first NBA Finals appearance since 2000.
The 25-year-old scored a shot he won in four games during the Pacers’ 2025 playoff run.
He made a close layup of the series in overtime against the Milwaukee Bucks. He then created a gradual stage in which he won the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. A game tie-in jumper at the buzzer against the New York Knicks follows. And he excavated the jumper who won the remaining game of 0.3 seconds in the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Unfortunately, Halliburton’s playoff magic ran off in Game 7 of the NBA Finals when the Thunder suffered a right Achilles heel that he won to win the championship.
Another player who knows one or two things about winning clutch shots in the game is Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry.
Curry is a four-time NBA champion and is considered the best three-point shooter of all time.
According to Halliburton, he is also considered the greatest person in the NBA.
Halliburton appeared on a podcast with a young man and three people, and appreciated curry.
“Stef is the biggest person I’ve ever met in basketball.
“I’ve never met any better people, and the thing about that is that as a human being, I’ve never heard anyone say anything bad about Steph.
“He’s incredibly incredible as he remembers people. He cares about people. He can’t say enough good things about Steph,” he added.
“And through the Olympics experience, I obviously didn’t play Tons, so it was a lot for me to learn and choose the brain. Steph was that guy to me.
“After all the usual practice, I started to exercise with Steph, like I did what he was doing and took things from him.”
“If he was on the other end of the gym, it would have been like coming to Thailand like we were going to exercise,” he continued.
“When I play Golden State every time, if it’s there, or if it’s here, I’m going to have dinner. I’ll hang out and spend some time together.”
The Pacers are expected to take a big step this season, and Halliburton has missed the entire 2025-26 season as they continue their rehabilitation after a torn Achilles injury.
Indiana also lost Miles Turner in free agency, left the Pacers and signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in a shocking move.
The Pacers still have three-time All-Star Pascal Siakam and young guns Andrew Nenbird and Benedict Maturin having a big year.
The Pacers may still be deep and competitive, but they are likely closer to a play-in spot than the play-off spot this season.