But this year they come in with experience and also with an understanding they aren’t going to be sneaking up on anybody this time. They are now an established member of the NBA’s playoff class. They carry the burden of having to prove last year’s Eastern Conference finals run wasn’t a fluke and also of knowing they could be entering their championship window and their timeframe to pursue a title isn’t infinite. “I think even last year we were just satisfied with being in the playoffs,” Tyrese Haliburton said. “Everything from there was kinda playing with house money to be honest with you. This year I think we have real expectations to do something special as a group and when I say something special, I mean a championship. That’s definitely an expectation we’ve had since the start of the year. That doesn’t change.”
Source: Indianapolis Star
Source: Indianapolis Star
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Final clutch win probability added rankings for the 2024-25 season:
1. Jokic
2. Lebron
3. Haliburton
4. Brunson
5. Ant pic.x.com/sJc5U6OEiJ – 6:20 PM
Final clutch win probability added rankings for the 2024-25 season:
1. Jokic
2. Lebron
3. Haliburton
4. Brunson
5. Ant pic.x.com/sJc5U6OEiJ – 6:20 PM
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StatMuse: Tyrese Haliburton this season: 673 assist and 120 turnovers. The most assists in a season with fewer than 125 turnovers since the merger. pic.x.com/hKIItrxG1h -via Twitter @statmuse / April 15, 2025
Scott Agness: Update: Pacers have now ruled out Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam for Sunday in Cleveland. Injury management -via Bluesky / April 12, 2025
With Haliburton, the two-time All-Star and Olympian, as its centerpiece, Indiana has roared back to relevancy, making the Eastern Conference finals last season and looking like a legit contender again on the eve of this season’s postseason. “We have a passion and a pride in this organization, and what we’re building here, ’cause we felt like we built it,” Haliburton said. “We feel like this is something that has been very player-led. We feel like the front office and our coaching staff have done a great job of giving us the tools, but they allow us to experiment and be ourselves. So we take pride in this. “We’re just trying to hold onto this as long as we can. Because I think you see a lot of teams in the NBA, especially with the cap room and all that stuff, and the new CBA, the odds of this keeping our group together forever aren’t very high. We know guys have got to get paid and all of those things. So we’re just cherishing it in the moment while we can.” -via New York Times / April 11, 2025