The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and today the Eastern Pacers went to the road to challenge the Knicks, and in the end they lost to the Knicks 91-121, a big defeat. The series trailed the Knicks 2-3. As the star of the Pacers in this game, Haliburton's performance was very sluggish, scoring 13 points on only 9 shots in the game, and he did not step up to help the team. On the other hand, Brunson of the Knicks scored 44 points today, and the two men formed a stark contrast.
After today's game, Pacers head coach Carlisle was also extremely dissatisfied with the players, believing that the players did not play hard enough. In fact, this sentence is also an allusion to Haliburton, because Haliburton did not remain aggressive on the offensive end on the court. Even after getting the ball, they don't choose to attack on their own, but choose to pass the ball. Even when the team needed him to score, he was invisible.
There are many fans who believe that it is not that Haliburton is unwilling to attack, but that he does not have such ability. On the one hand, because the Knicks are very good defensively, and on the other hand, because Haliburton's shooting style is difficult to get rid of defenders. Haliburton's shooting style doomed him to be a top scorer, and his shooting was really peculiar and slow. Many fans think that even if he may be able to score high points in a game at times, it will only be a flash in the pan and he will not be able to maintain consistency at all. Especially when opponents study his characteristics, it is more difficult for him to play well.
Haliburton was a rookie selected by the Kings, but in his final year with the Kings, he performed very well, averaging 14+7 per game. He has shown his good passing talent. But at the time, the Kings still chose to trade him. At the time, many people boasted about him, thinking that he had super potential, why did the Kings choose to trade him away without hesitation? On the one hand, it's because they want to get Sabonis from the Pacers. On the other hand, it is also because of the comparison between him and Fox, in the eyes of the Kings, Fox is a stronger player.
The editor has always believed that Fox is a better player than Haliburton, but Haliburton has received more praise this year, and Haliburton has been selected as an All-Star because of his good statistics in the regular season after coming to the East, and has received more attention and praise. But compared to Fox, his offensive ability is not as good as Fox's, and Fox's scoring in key moments has always led the league. Clearly, Haliburton doesn't have that ability. And if he doesn't change this way of shooting, it will be difficult for him to become a consistent scorer, and even many fans think that he can't help Adou. The Pacers may have a hard time touching the championship trophy under his leadership.