On February 17, Beijing time, the Pacers sat at their home to usher in a showdown with the Wizards, the two sides have been tightly gripping the score throughout the game, but the tenacious Pacers finally laughed at the end of 113-108, ending their previous 7 consecutive losses, and the newly recruited team Harry Burton and Hield also tasted the Pacers' first victory. The biggest contributor to the Pacers' victory in this game is by no means Halliburton, who started 39 minutes, 6 of 17, scored a team-high 21 points, 14 assists, maintained a stable output, and still selflessly shared the ball, Halliburton is also using practical actions to prove that he is worthy of the Pacers' main control position,
Not long ago, after being traded to the Pacers by the Kings, Halliburton was also directly pushed to the starting position by Carlisle, and it just so happened that several of the team's backcourt cores, Lamb was sent to the Kings, Le Vere was traded to the Cavaliers, Duarte and Brogdon also watched from the sidelines due to injury reasons, and Halliburton also unceremoniously resisted the burden. According to relevant statistics, since Halliburton joined the Pacers in 4 games, the average can be 20.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 11 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and the three shooting rates have reached 48%, 45% and 81% respectively, it is true that the team has only achieved 1 win and 3 losses, but for this young team in the reconstruction stage, it is enough to harvest The cornerstone of Halliburton's future.
As the Kings' first-round No. 12 pick in 2020, Halliburton was able to hand over 13 points, 3 rebounds and 5.3 assists in his rookie season, and was successfully selected as the best rookie, while This season Halliburton continued to usher in promotions, raising the stats to 14.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.4 assists, but because he and the team's other main guard, Fox, did not call, the Kings finally chose to abandon Halliburton and continue to be patient with the former backcourt core Fox.
But in fact, in the few games where Fox was injured, Halliburton had handed over a 20+10 double-double data in many games, but unfortunately, after Fox returned, Halliburton, who had no ball rights, could only continue to play, although the ball was not much, but in terms of organization, Halliburton's achievements were indeed much higher than Fox. In the Feb. 6 match with the Thunder, Halliburton's final game for the Kings, he scored only 13 points but delivered a season-high 17 assists, which became Halliburton's best song for the Kings.
Before the trade deadline, Halliburton, Hield and TT were packaged by the Kings to send to the rebuilding Pacers, and Harry Burton, as the most promising of the three, was greatly praised by coach Carlisle when he joined the new owner, and Halliburton has now lived up to the Pacers' eager expectations and played a career masterpiece. As a tall guard, Halliburton can maintain a stable outside projection while also being able to have such a great achievement in organization, in time, it is really possible to become the assist king of the new generation of the league.
Now that the Pacers have fully announced their rebuilding, they can also let Halliburton play without much pressure from the record, and it is expected that as long as the Pacers have enough patience for him, Hariburton has a definite chance to become the next All-Star player on the team in the future.