TYRESE Haliburton pulled off the shot of the decade on Tuesday night.
With seconds trailing off the clock and a three point deficit, Haliburton managed to convert a four-point play for the Indiana Pacers.
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The Pacers trailed the Milwaukee Bucks 114-111 with just under four seconds on the clock when the team lined up for a “football play.”
Four of Indiana’s players lined up on the opposite half of the court for an inbound, then came streaking up the court to receive the ball.
It was Haliburton who dashed towards the sideline to receive a handoff-style inbound and ran the ball into the corner.
From there, he hit a ridiculous fadeaway three-pointer over Giannis Antetokounmpo who was guarding him.
The shot somehow swished into the basket with three seconds remaining on the clock, tying the game at 114-114.
Even better for the Pacers, Haliburton was fouled on the shot, giving him the opportunity to shoot a free throw for the lead.
He buried the shot, and the Pacers went on to beat the Bucks.
“It’s like a football play,” Haliburton said.
“It was great to see it work. The first time we ever ran the play in training camp two years ago, I made the shot the same way.
“I haven’t got the ball since. I usually hate running the play.”
While Haliburton tightroped along the sideline before making the shot, he said he was never worried about stepping out of bounds.
“I’ve shot that shot enough to know where I am on the court,” Haliburton said.
“It’s just a matter of getting it off. Just rose up. I jumped higher than I normally do. It just went in.”
Haliburton’s game-winning play was just the fifth time in the regular season in the play-by-play era (since 1997-98) that a team has converted a four-point play while down three in the final 10 seconds of a game.
“An amazing sequence of events,” Carlisle said.
New rights deal
The NBA signed an 11-year deal with three networks for the league’s rights from the 2025-26 season.
And there will be no games on TNT for the first time since the network launched in 1988.
The Walt Disney Company will continue to show the league with 80 regular-season games across ESPN and ABC.
They will also show around 18 playoff games from the first and second round, a Conference Finals series for 10 of the 11 years, and remain the home of the NBA Finals.
NBC will return as an NBA broadcaster for the first time since 2002.
The network will show up to 100 games per season across it’s channels and Peacock streaming service.
It will also be the home of NBA All-Star and show approximately 28 playoff games from the first and second round.
NBC will show one Conference Finals Series for six of the 11 years, rotating with new broadcaster Amazon Prime.
Amazon will show 66 NBA regular-season games including one on Black Friday.
The streaming service is also the home of the latter stages of the NBA Cup and the entire Play-In Tournament.
Prime will also broadcast around one third of the playoff games in the first and second round.
“What a play, and Reggie [Miller] was in the building. They’ll be talking about Tyrese’s shot for a lot of years.”
Haliburton was held out of the Pacers’ last three games with a hip injury, all of which ended in losses.
His special shot helped the Pacers move into a tie with the Bucks for fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
“It’s the stuff you dream of,” Haliburton said.
“I’m thankful my teammates trusted me. Down the stretch I made some boneheaded plays.
“I missed a 3-pointer over Brook [Lopez] and I traveled — suspect traveling call.”
