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The most overrated player! Harry made a mistake of 32+12+15+0, the first player in history, 20+8+10 in half

2:51pm, 28 May 2025Basketball

Pacers defeated the Knicks 130-121 at home today, leading 3-1 to get the match point, only one victory away from reaching the finals. The last time they reached the finals was in 2000.

In today's critical game, Halliburton scored his best performance in his career, playing for 38 minutes, 11 of 23 shots, 5 of 12 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, scoring 32 points, 12 rebounds, 15 assists and 4 steals, with no mistake, plus or negative value +16.

Halliburton also became the third player in playoff history to score at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists in a single game after Big O (2 times) and Jokic. Moreover, Halliburton has not made any mistakes yet, and has become the first player in history to do this. Halliburton also scored 5 three-pointers today, thus becoming the fourth player in the history of the division finals to score 30+10+10+5 three-pointers in a single game, comparable to Doncic, Curry and James.

Halliburton was fully fired in the first quarter today, shooting 4 of 5 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in a single quarter. After becoming James, he became the second player in the history of the playoffs to score 15+5+5 in a single quarter. In the 2015 playoffs, James scored 15 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the third quarter against the Hawks.

In the first half, Halliburton made 6 of 12 shots, 4 of 7 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, and he had already scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, and he was only two rebounds away to achieve a triple-double in the halftime. In the history of the playoffs, only Westbrook has achieved a triple-double in halftime. In the 2017 playoffs, Westbrook scored a triple-double of 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the first half.

Since the play-by-play period in 1997, no player has been able to score at least 20 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds in the playoff half, and has 0 turnovers, only Westbrook (2017) and Ke (2012).

Driven by Halliburton's 10 assists, the Pacers scored 69 points in the first half, and 10 players in the team scored. Halliburton gave 15 assists and 0 mistakes alone today, while the Knicks had only 17 assists in total, but there were as many as 17 mistakes. It is because Halliburton is so powerful today that the Pacers can get the match point in the Eastern Conference Finals, which is only one step away from the finals.

Halliburton was previously regarded as the most overrated player, and his performance this season's playoffs proved that he was not overrated and arguably the least overrated player. As long as he can successfully lead the Pacers to the finals, Halliburton will undoubtedly be the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals, and he is even expected to lead the team to win the first championship in team history.

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