Tyrese Haliburton is having a postseason for the ages.
After being voted as the most overrated player by his counterparts in The Athletics anonymous player poll back in April, the two-time All-Star has all but silenced those critics with clutch shots and signature performances.
He first crossed up Giannis to hit a series-winning layup to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs.
Then after being down by as much as 20 on the road to the top-seeded Cavs, the Pacers clawed their way back into Game 2 within the final minute of play.
As the overrated chants followed Haliburton to Cleveland, he silenced the home crowd with one shot.
Down two with seconds to play, Haliburton grabbed his miss on a free throw and reset Indianas offense at the top of the key.
He hit Ty Jerome with two crossovers before stepping back and draining a cold-blooded three to put Indiana up one.
Ballgame.
Not a single overrated chant could be heard in the Rocket Arena. However, those chants and detractors only fuel the Iowa State product, who thrives when people doubt him.
I love negativity. I love seeing negativity on Twitter. I love hearing people say negative comments about my game. It always interests me. It could be somebody with, like, no followers, I just want to prove them wrong, Haliburton said in an interview with SLAM.
This postseason, Haliburton and his team have done just thatcontinuously proving everyone wrong.
The Pacers have been one of the most efficient teams in the postseason. Haliburton himself is averaging a double-double, dropping a quiet 18.4 points per game while dishing out 10.7 dimes a game against top competition.
They easily handled the Bucks in the first round, and after being underdogs in both games against the Cavaliers, stole home-court advantage from the top dogs in The Land.
With the Pacers traveling back to their home court up 2-0, Haliburtons got everybody in the state of Indiana excitedespecially his fellow star counterpart on the Fever.
