INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton limped slowly to the microphone Friday night with a bad ankle, a sore tailbone and a battered body.
He sure didn't look as though he was hurting in the waning moments of Game 3.
When Haliburton heard New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau calling for a double team, he swung the ball to Andrew Nembhard, who bobbled the pass momentarily before lining up a 31-foot, tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16 seconds to go, giving the Pacers a critical 111-106 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"I probably held the ball a little too long or should have been more aggressive to attack the blitz," Haliburton said after finishing with 35 points, his second straight playoff career high.