Tyrese Haliburton uses choke sign celebration in New York

By Johnny Askounis/ [email protected]

Channeling franchise legend Reggie Miller and his well-known response reverse Spike Lee in 1994, Tyrese Haliburton celebrated a clutch bucket with a choke sign to the gang in Madison Sq. Backyard. He thought he sealed a win, however upon video assessment, his lengthy jumper on the buzzer as an alternative compelled extra time. The Indiana Pacers went on to prevail, 138-135.

The hosts led by 14 factors with below three minutes left within the fourth quarter, however ended up in a 1-0 deficit, to start out a best-of-seven sequence of the Japanese Convention Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs introduced by Google.

“They made shots, we didn’t. We made some mistakes, missing free throws,” British O.G. Anunoby talked concerning the late rally of the Pacers, in a postgame media session following a wild Sport 1.

The 27-year-old winger logged 41 minutes on Wednesday, tallying 16 factors, three blocks, three steals, three rebounds, and two assists. Different European choices for head coach Tom Thibodeau, French Pacome Dadiet and German Ariel Hukporti didn’t play.

Jalen Brunson scored a game-high 43 factors and Karl-Anthony Cities adopted with 35 factors, however fell shy of a win. For the Pacers, Haliburton completed with 31 factors, and Aaron Nesmith chipped in 30 factors.

Staying in New York for Sport 2, the sequence resumes on Friday.

“Just be a resilient team. It’s just one game. The series just started,” identified Anunoby, “Just watch the film, learn from it, and go from there.”

2025 NBA Playoffs introduced by Google

Convention Quarterfinals (better of seven)

East

Cleveland Cavaliers – Miami Warmth 4-0 (121-100, 121-112, 124-87, 138-83)
Boston Celtics – Orlando Magic 4-1 (103-86, 109-100, 93-95, 107-98, 120-89)
New York Knicks – Detroit Pistons 4-2 (123-112, 94-100, 118-116, 94-93, 103-106, 116-113)
Indiana Pacers – Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 (117-98, 123-115, 101-117, 129-103, 119-118)

West

Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder – Memphis Grizzlies 4-0 (131-80, 118-99, 114-108, 117-115)
Houston Rockets – Golden State Warriors 3-4 (85-95, 109-94, 93-104, 106-109, 131-116, 115-107, 89-103)
Los Angeles Lakers – Minnesota Timberwolves 1-4 (95-117, 94-85, 104-116, 113-116, 96-103)
Denver Nuggets – Los Angeles Clippers 4-3 (112-110, 102-105, 83-117, 101-99, 131-115, 105-111, 120-101)

Convention Semifinals (better of seven)

East

Cleveland Cavaliers – Indiana Pacers 1-4 (112-121, 119-120, 126-104, 109-129, 105-114)
Boston Celtics – New York Knicks 2-4 (105-108, 90-91, 115-93, 113-121, 127-102, 81-119)

West

Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder – Denver Nuggets 4-3 (119-121, 149-106, 104-113, 92-87, 112-105, 107-119, 125-93)
Minnesota Timberwolves – Golden State Warriors 4-1 (88-99, 117-93, 102-97, 117-110, 121-110)

Convention Finals (better of seven)

East

New York Knicks – Indiana Pacers 0-1 (135-138)

West

Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder – Minnesota Timberwolves 1-0 (114-88)

NBA Finals (better of seven)

Japanese Convention and Western Convention champions

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