In the knockout round of the NBA Midseason Championship, the Pacers defeated the Celtics at home and continued to make a big stride. In this game, Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 62 points, but the Pacers' Haliburton was better. Haliburton scored a triple-double of 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in the game, and what is even more terrifying is that it was all based on his 0 turnovers.
It's not uncommon for a player in the current NBA to have a triple-double, but it's rare to have a triple-double with zero turnovers. What's more, this game is not an ordinary regular season, it is a knockout game about money. In such an environment, in the face of the strong Green Shirts, Haliburton's performance impressed many people. So far, the Pacers have led by a disjointed percentage point per game this season, the most important part of which is that Haliburton is stronger than before.
While he tops the assist charts, he also averages 27 points per game, and his three-point shooting percentage and number of shots are staggering. Haliburton's posture can even be described as ugly, but he is accurate, which makes many opponents headaches. What's more, he also has a strong sense of the big picture and is often able to lead the whole team through his performance. There have been players who have averaged double-doubles or even triple-doubles per game in previous seasons, but most of them have been based on most turnovers, and Haliburton's assist-to-turnover ratio is terrifying.
So Haliburton is only 23 years old, and this is only his fourth season. It's no exaggeration to call him the No. 1 point guard in the NBA for this performance, because the point guard's main responsibility is to sort out the team's offense, and he does an impeccable job of that. Even broke the tradition, if Curry gave everyone a new understanding of point guards, then Haliburton, who was born out of nowhere, once again refreshed the world's cognition. If he can continue to perform like this, then another NBA superstar is about to be born.