After the Indiana Pacers lost the In-Season Tournament Championship Game to the Los Angeles Lakers, Tyrese Haliburton admitted that he and his teammates were “sick.”
The Pacers lost to the Lakers by a final score of 123-109.
“We’re sick,” Haliburton said. “Frustrated. We just got outplayed tonight from the start of the game to the end of the game. We’ve done some great things to get here. Competed against some really good teams and battled. And you can’t let that happen for no reason. If you allow this loss to roll over and we’ve got a four-game road trip coming up here, you’ve got to take care of business and handle it the right way and celebrate the successes of it.”
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Haliburton finished with 20 points and 11 assists against the Lakers in 35 minutes while shooting 8-of-14 from the field, 2-of-8 from beyond the arc and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line. He showed the whole NBA world during the In-Season Tournament that he’s one of the best players in the league.
“It was a tough game,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said. “We knew it was going to be a tough game coming in. We did a lot of good things to hang around in the fourth quarter. Getting over the hump was hard. But really, I just want to express such a high level of pride for our guys. The stats don’t matter because this game really didn’t happen. The result happened and they won the Cup, so congratulations to them. Darvin (Ham) did a great job with their team.”
The In-Season Tournament Championship Game didn’t count on the Pacers’ record or stats, so Indiana is still 12-8 on the season.
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Haliburton is averaging 26.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 12.1 assists on the season while shooting 52.5% from the floor, 44.1% from 3 and 88.4% from the foul line. He’s 13th in the NBA in points per game, first in assists and first in assists per game.
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