Tyrese Halliburton spoke very honestly after helping his hero steal Game 2 from the Cavaliers at his home.
The Indiana Pacers completely crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers tonight. Once inside their home, the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers and stole both home games, moving up to 2-0.
NBA fans were absolutely fascinated by the Tyrees Halliburton game winner and the subsequent celebration. It marked another moment when Halliburton stepped up and delivered to the team.
Recently, Halliburton was named the most overrated player in the vote. However, the comments clearly upset him.
Donovan Mitchell tried to protect Halliburton, but the All-Star Guard had no sympathy for his rival. And after the match he explained how the Cavaliers crowd motivated him.
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At the end of the game, Cleveland Cavaliers fans were “overrated” at Tyrees Halliburton. This was probably what he enjoyed in the most overrated recent polls.
After the match, Tyreese Halliburton expressed his shock to the fans chanting it to him. However, he admits that the polls will be used as ammunition against him, and he uses it as a motive to make it better.
“It was unexpected. We didn’t know we had beef. But I think it’s good for them. It came out of nowhere.”
“Now I think the label is there, and every time it happens. Every time I go down the road, they’ll chase after me until the next vote comes out, and then I’ll check once more to see if I’m number one again.
Halliburton ended his reaction with an emphatic statement telling Cavaliers fans to “overestimate it.”
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Tyreese Halliburton is far from a first-point guard of scores. And his 19 points, nine assist performance proves that tonight.
However, Halliburton showed that once the tip goes down, he can trust him to go out and give a bucket to the pacer.
This year, Halliburton has been a great playoff, averaging 18.4 points, 10.7 assists and 6.3 rebounds per 6.3 games.
If he can lead the Pacers to back-to-back Eastern Conference Finals, Halliburton will have a decent argument to be named in NBA player Upper Echelon.