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Tyrese Haliburton's 11th straight double-double propels Pacers past Wolves
Tyrese Haliburton recorded a 24-point, 11-assist double-double, and the Indiana Pacers scored their fifth consecutive win with a 119-103 defeat of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday in Indianapolis.,The Pacers (42-29) opened the second half on an 8-0 run, shortly followed up with a 12-0 run, helpi...
Why Jermaine Burton Won’t Travel With Cincinnati Bengals in Week 18
The Cincinnati Bengals left their rookie receiver Jermaine Burton at home, as he won't travel with the team due to a myriad of issues that have plagued his first season....
Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton, Kings' Domantas Sabonis face former teams
A rivalry created by a trade scripts a new chapter Sunday when Tyrese Haliburton returns to his old home with the Indiana Pacers to face Domantas Sabonis and the Sacramento Kings.,Haliburton played his first 109 games with the Kings and Sabonis 319 of his first 400 with the Pacers before they were t...
Indiana Pacers Seek Turnaround as Tyrese Haliburton Struggles in Slump
The Indiana Pacers aim to rebound at home as Tyrese Haliburton works through shooting struggles before Thanksgiving. Can they turn things around?...
Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid healthy for Team USA training camp
Head coach Steve Kerr expects to have all hands on deck when Team USA begins training camp in Las Vegas, ramping up to the Olympics in Paris.,Kerr said three players with injuries at the end of the playoffs -- Kawhi Leonard (Clippers), Joel Embiid (76ers) and Tyrese Haliburton (Pacers) -- would not ...
Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) missing second straight game
Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics on Monday night due to his left hamstring injury, coach Rick Carlisle said.,It marks the second straight game the All-NBA third-team choice has missed. He was injured during Game ...
Celtics G Jrue Holiday (illness) available for Game 3
Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is dealing with an illness and is available to play in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals versus the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in Indianapolis.,Holiday was listed as questionable earlier in the day and went through pregame shooting drills before the team reach...
Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton out for Game 3
Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton will miss Saturday night's Eastern Conference finals Game 3 at Indianapolis against the Boston Celtics, coach Rick Carlisle said about 90 minutes prior to tipoff.,Haliburton, who was named to the All-NBA team this week, suffered a hamstring injury during Thursda...
Report: Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton out for Game 3
Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton will miss Saturday night's Eastern Conference finals Game 3 at Indianapolis against the Boston Celtics, according to an ESPN report, and might not be ready for Monday's Game 4.,Haliburton, who was named to the All-NBA team this week, suffered a hamstring injury ...
Celtics G Jrue Holiday (illness) questionable for Game 3
Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday is dealing with a non-COVID illness and is questionable to play in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals versus the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in Indianapolis.,Holiday, 33, collected 28 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the series opener on Tuesday and a...
Pacers G Tyrese Haliburton (hamstring) exits Game 2
The Indiana Pacers lost All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton to a sore left hamstring in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.,Haliburton, 24, left with 3:44 remaining in the third quarter of Indiana's 126-110 road loss and did not return. The Pacers' second-leading scorer in the playoffs...
Who is the best point guard in the NBA?
What is a point guard in today’s NBA? The role and term has evolved so much from the 1990s when the position was defined by midrange scoring, playmaking and limited athleticism. Today’s concept of a point guard runs the whole gamut, across all five positions, where a center in Denver is the best pas...
Nick Saban retired, so why is he acting like he was forced out?
For those of us who hoped Nick Saban retiring would be the end of Nick Saban, this idle/jilted version of him might be even more insufferable. In an ESPN story about how Alabama pivoted from Saban to Kalen Deboer in 49 hours, the seven-time title winner revealed that “player attitudes” and the NIL e...
Here are increasingly radical solutions to combat the NBA’s overpowered offenses
Scoring in the NBA has ticked up at an exponential rate in the last decade. It doesn’t take Hercule Poirot to figure out what killed NBA defenses. This is a shooter’s league now....
NBA defenses can't keep up with the record-setting highest-scoring offenses
Complaints about NBA defensive intensity have littered sports debate television, podcasts, and columns all season. As of Tuesday, the top five teams in offensive rating will have the five highest marks in that category in NBA history. Six players have scored 60 or more points this season. Luka Donči...
5 increasingly unhinged solutions to the NBA All-Star Game
As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the league have fallen by the wayside. Marquee hoopers play fewer minutes, fewer games and now they barely expend energy or cross halfcourt during All-Star Weekend...
The NBA dunk contest is crapshoot that lacks star power
NBA All-Star Saturday was a hit once again, but one of the main events may have missed the mark. The slam dunk contest at one time was the highlight of the entire weekend. Now it’s hit or miss, year-to-year, whether we’ll be talking about it for weeks or if it’ll be forgotten by Monday afternoon. Th...
Steph bests Sabrina in their 3-point shootout
The better player won. Steph Curry beat Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point showdown at the NBA’s All-Star Skills contest last night, 29-26....
Ever wonder what an NBA game would look like, <i>Spiderman </i>style?
The NBA kicked off its All-Star weekend with a celebrity game where influencers, NFL players, and WNBA stars got to attempt the sport’s first-ever eight-point shot. But the real “innovation” for basketball came hours before Stephen A. and Shannon Sharpe’s teams took the LED court. ...
Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton throws the ball off the glass in the most mundane way possible
Throwing a basketball off the backboard to yourself is quickly becoming a loophole. The latest NBA player to do it was Tyrese Haliburton, and he didn’t even do it to throw himself an alley-oop. The Indiana Pacers point guard picked up his dribble, almost double dribbled and then threw the ball off t...