Tyrese Halliburton was a star in the Indiana Pacers’ playoff run, but he acknowledges that his current opponent is bringing real challenges.
After destroying the Eastern Conference Best, the Indiana Pacers are currently leading the Western top team.
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s intimidating 68-win season record has become blow for four and not scared Pacer, who is currently leading the Series 2-1.
Tyrese Halliburton scored a bucket of victory in Game 1 and performed 22 points in Game 3. Game 2 wasn’t that successful and he admits it wasn’t easy.
In particular, there is one player who admitted that Halliburton caused trouble for him.
Tyrese Halliburton, who spoke at his press conference with a score of 116-107 following his Game 3 victory, paid tribute to MVP Shay Gilgauss Alexander.
Halliburton commented:
“It’s like he splitting the screen so he doesn’t know how he’s doing. And specifically in Game 2, if you look at a lot of my coverage, I did the poor job of being on the level.
“After I came back he got off and he had so much space. Now he’s in and out and manipulating me, or he can just split and throw it.
“I thought it was something we really had to come in today and clean it up.”
Halliburton said he was forced to try and play differently, becoming more unpredictable and to stop making defenses too easy for the SGA.
“You’re consistently trying to confuse things because if you give a good player the same look over and over again, it can be really difficult.
“So, whatever it is, on the show, on the level, I can’t be flat. If I’m flat, there’s nothing he can do to get downhill.”
In an attempt to disrupt the lightning and try to make it even better, Halliburton explained that the Underdog Pacers were intentionally unpredictable and had to describe their style of play as “random.”
“You have to keep giving them as different looks as possible.
“I thought we did a great job just continuing to play random basketball. There’s actually no play call for a team like this. You just have to play.”
He added that the Pacers have to continue to evolve as they watch the film and expect OKC to do the same.
“There’s still room for improvement. There’s adjustments to adjust. They have adjustments to adjust. You need to consistently pace, random basketball, and good things happen.”
