Pacers backcourt core: We had bad weather, but there were even worse things in life

The highly-watched NBA Finals are about to begin. As the battle comes, Tyrese Haliburton, the Indiana Pacers' backcourt core, was interviewed by reporters. He also talked about their previous flight delays due to tornado weather. Although he encountered some trouble due to weather reasons, Halliburton was still full of confidence in the team's prospects in the finals.

Halliburton said: This is a really long travel day. I rarely sleep on the plane, but after taking off yesterday, I slept almost the whole time. I was about to get up when I landed, but I found that we had arrived in Tulsa. However, after an hour of sitting at the airport there, the plane took off again. It felt like it had been about an hour and a half, and the plane finally landed. At what time did it land at the end? 7 o'clock? We have already arrived at home at this time. The entire trip took us about five hours. If we had known this, we might as well choose to fly to Portland directly. But what should we do in this situation? Bad weather is not something we can control. We can think of the worse things in life. This bad weather is not a big deal in my opinion. I believe we will always get through it.

In the NBA regular season this season, Halliburton made a total of 73 appearances in 82 games, averaging 33.6 minutes per game, averaging 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.7 blocks, and 1.6 turnovers and 1.3 fouls, shooting percentage of 47.3%, three-point shooting percentage of 38.8%, and free throw shooting percentage of 85.1%. In the playoffs, Halliburton has made a total of 16 appearances so far, averaging 35.1 minutes per game, averaging 18.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.7 blocks, and 1.9 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. His shooting percentage is 46.6%, three-point shooting percentage is 33.3%, and free throw shooting percentage is 80.4%.

Halliburton's performance this season was undoubtedly quite good. The Pacers passed the game all the way during the playoffs and unexpectedly entered the finals in a very smooth manner. After all, the Pacers are just the No. 4 seed in the East, and before that, you may not have imagined that they could enter the finals under such circumstances. Being able to do this is also closely related to Halliburton's outstanding performance. In the next finals, the Pacers will also meet the strongest opponents they may face. If they want to strike the championship, Halliburton also needs to perform better. I don't know if Halliburton's performance in the finals G1 will be affected by weather and traffic factors.