The Pacers overcame a 20-point deficit in the second game of the NBA playoffs Eastern Conference semifinals on the 7th, defeated the Cavaliers with Haliburton's quasi-three-point kill, won 2 wins in a row at the Cavaliers' home court, and led the series 2:0.
Haliburton (right) hit the winning three-pointer to help the Pacers complete a shocking comeback
According to ESPN, since the 1997-98 season, the team has won and lost by three wins and 1,640 defeats with a win rate of 0.18% while trailing their opponents by seven points in the final minute of the game. It is worth mentioning that two of the three wins were won by the Pacers, and they were one of them in the first round of G5 against the Bucks, and the other was the Thunder's victory over the Clippers on May 13, 2014.
Haliburton grabbed a rebound after missing a free throw in the final 15 seconds of the game and then made the game-winning three-pointer, becoming the first player in 20 years to do so, according to OptsSTATS. The stats also point out that Haliburton shot 10-of-11 from the shot that could tie or lead the team with 2 minutes left in the game, showing his strong resistance to pressure. It is worth mentioning that 14.4% of Haliburton's 90 votes in this year's anonymous survey of The Athletic believe that he is the most overrated player in the NBA.