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Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference Finals for consecutive years. That's not lucky, this team is for real.
After a late Myles Turner three-pointer put the game out of reach for the home team, Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton waved to the crowd. Considering how the Haliburton family celebrated beating the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round, this was actually kind of nice.
For the second straight season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have failed to advance past the second round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. And this time around, it's hard to label it as anything other than an abject failure.
The Indiana Pacers and star point guard Tyrese Haliburton were able to eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second consecutive season on Tuesday night. In what was a very entertaining game all the way through, the Pacers came out on top by a final score of 114-105.
Tyrese Haliburton waved goodbye to the Cavaliers after clutch play as the Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
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Sporting News on MSNPacers' Tyrese Haliburton is best point guard in NBA Playoffs history to start a careerThe guy named the NBA's most overrated player by a late-season anonymous players poll in The Athletic might actually be off to the best start to a point guard playoffs career in NBA history. That's absolutely amazing.
The team will therefore head to the Eastern Conference Finals for the second year in a row, and two-time All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton has led the way. After Game 5 on Tuesday, he lauded his team. "It's a special feeling... this group is special," he said.
Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers surged held on late Tuesday night to grab a 114-105 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena in Game 5 of their series. That gave the Pacers the 4-1 series win and punched their ticket to a second consecutive finals, where they'll face the winner of the New York Knicks-Boston Celtics series.
It looks likely that Tyrese Haliburton and Jalen Brunson will lead the Pacers and Knicks to a huge Eastern Conference Finals matchup. Their old WWE face-off cli