Beijing time on February 16, the Pacers away to challenge the defending champion Bucks, although the two sides do have a certain gap in terms of strength, but the Pacers who are already in the rebuilding, do not care about the pressure of the record, barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, simply and the Bucks against the soaring, in the end they only lost 119 to 128 to the Bucks by 9 points, but after losing this game, the Pacers have suffered a wave of 7 consecutive losses in the recent past, and currently temporarily rank third in the East with a record of 19 wins and 40 losses, second only to the Pistons and Magic.
Although he continued to swallow the defeat, the Pacers' new signing Harry Burton continued to maintain a stable performance in this game, this game he started 35 minutes, 6 of 12, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 17 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, and did not lose the game against the opposing champion point guard Holliday (Holliday 14 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists), if you can harvest Halliburton's growth, the Pacers temporarily sacrifice the team's record is not inevitable.
Not long ago the Kings and the Pacers reached a blockbuster deal, in order to get the Little Sabonis, the All-Star interior line, the Kings accidentally sent their previous non-selling Harry Burton to Indiana, and just when the team's backcourt core LeVille was also recently traded to the Cavaliers by the Pacers, in the case of Brogdon continuing to be injured, Hariburton was also directly installed by Carlisle to the starting position, so far Hariburton has played a total of 3 games for the Pacers. He averaged 20.7 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists and 2.7 steals per game, shooting 53.7% from each of his three fields. 52% and 83.3%, after coming to this rebuilding team that lacks a backcourt, Halliburton has also fully cashed in on his talent.
In the 2020 draft Halliburton was picked by the Kings with the 12th pick in the first round, originally thought that Halliburton would be poisoned by this fish-belly team known as the "rookie graveyard", but did not think that Hariburton accidentally broke the spell, rookie season he averaged 13 points, 3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and after the end of the season, he was selected as the best rookie team with Tate, Edwards, three goals, Sadiq Bay and others. This season, he continued to play steadily, improving the stats to 14.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.4 assists, and when the team's main controller Fox was absent due to injury, Halliburton bombarded the 20+10 data in succession.
In the case of being clearly regarded as a non-sale by the Kings, Halliburton was unexpectedly cleaned up by the team before the trade deadline, and also ushered in a lot of outside lamentations. However, this transfer is not a bad thing for Halliburton, after all, in the Pacers' rebuilding team, he will have a lot of shooting rights, you can show your due strength, on these 3 games, Halliburton can also be regarded as a reassuring pill for the Pacers management, he is worth this young team to focus on cultivating. The Pacers' current seven-game losing streak is already drifting away from the tenth play-off spot, and now that the team has made up its mind to rebuild, it has simply given these young people plenty of opportunities to show and plan for the future.
The Pacers will face the Wizards, Thunder, Greenshirts and Magic (two games in a row), and if Halliburton can continue to play steadily, it is likely to usher in the first victory of joining the Pacers in this relaxed schedule.