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How magical is Halliburton this season? Harry magic is frequent, and the performance is unparalleled.

9:41am, 26 May 2025【Basketball】

Ridiculously, in the anonymous vote of the most overrated player in the league, Pacers star Halliburton was named, even at the top of the list!

Now that we look at this vote again, it is extremely ironic - the Eastern Conference Finals started, and the Pacers once again successfully broke through the Knicks' two home courts and took the initiative early. In the next two games, they will move to Gainbridge Arena, and there will undoubtedly be a greater chance of winning.

When the Pacers have the advantage of home court, they can take up all the right time, place and people. At this time, is the Pacers still far from advancing to the finals? -

Throughout the NBA history, there have been 37 home games 0-2 behind 0-2, and in the end only 5 teams can reverse the promotion, with a very dismal winning rate.

The Cavaliers and Celtics, who were in the top two in the Eastern Conference record in this year's semi-finals, were both behind 0-2 at home. I believe everyone knows the final outcome. These two Eastern Conference giants all lost without exception and returned early.

And the number one Knight in the East was eliminated by the Pacers. Now the plot of the Eastern Conference Finals seems to be copied and pasted in the previous semi-finals, isn't it?

It is worth mentioning that the five reversals have been limited to the first round of duels and semi-finals series. Since the merger of the NBA and ABA, there has never been a scene of falling behind at home 0-2 at home, and it has never been a single time!

Does this mean that the Pacers are now sure to get to the finals?

And Halliburton is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the team's victory and advancement all the way, there is no doubt!

Let's examine Halliburton's performance at a critical moment in the playoffs this year. If he is really overrated, how can he perform Harry magic again and again?

This season's game has reached its last hot moment. Halliburton tries three attempts to equalize or overtake one goal in the last 5 seconds, and three attempts to hit 100% shooting percentage, specifically two finals and one draw.

In the first round, Haliburton broke through and made a layup at the last moment and finally led the team to a clean and neat examination and eliminated the Bucks;

G2 scored three-pointer in the second round, reversed the Cavaliers, and G1 scored a magical buzzer-beating tie. When the ball was in, the excited Halliburton even paid tribute to the team's legendary Reggie Miller at Madison Garden Stadium.

Halliburton hit the tie and made a throat tribute to Reggie Miller, and the NBA did not punish him afterwards. The reason why the atmosphere in the playoffs was that in addition to being tense, it was also crucial to ignite the audience's passion. If you have time, you would celebrate if you spend money.

When Halliburton looked around Madison Garden, he was the most dazzling star on the court, so how could he be overrated!

So far this season (including the regular season playoffs), Halliburton equalized or overtaken the ball in the last 2 minutes of the game, with a total of 12 of 14 shots, with a shooting percentage of up to 85.7%, and he was like a perfect shot.

This is probably why the Pacers are the best game in the league to play key balls, no doubt about it!

In the playoffs this season, Halliburton had already scored 5 of 6 shots in the last 90 seconds of the life and death ball, tying James in the 18th season in one fell swoop, and tying Kobe in four hits in the last 5 seconds.

So, looking at the NBA's ranking of the number of shots in the last 5 seconds of the playoffs since 1997, Halliburton is already on par with Kobe and others, second only to James who was 8 times and Reggie Miller who was 5 times.

, Halliburton averaged 18.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 9.6 assists per game, but we all know that his contribution to the team is far beyond the stats.

Pacers are in sight, is Halliburton's MVP still unexpected?