Тайрис Халибёртон тоглолтын од: Түүхэн амжилт, гайхалтай тоглолт
Индиана Пэйсерс багийн од Тайрис Халибёртон Гоол 4-т 32 оноо, 12 самбараас бөмбөг авалт, 15 дамжуулалттай triple-double хийж, алдаа гаргахгүйгээр тоглож, түүхэн амжилт үзүүллээ. Тэрбээр тоглолтын дараа сэтгүүлчдээс өөрийн амжилтын талаар сонсоход инээмсэглэн хариулж, “Би түүхэн амжилт үзүүлсэн гэдгээ мэдээгүй. Гэхдээ зөв тоглохыг л хичээж байна” хэмээн даруухан хариулсан юм.
Энэхүү гайхалтай тоглолт нь Халибёртоныг НБА финалд хүрэх боломжтой хэмээн харуулж байна. Сүүлийн хоёр жилийн турш Пэйсерс баг Зүүн бүсийн тэргүүлэгч баг болж, Нью Йорк Никс багийг 3-1-ийн харьцаатайгаар ялж, 2000 оноос хойш анх удаа НБА финалд хүрэхэд ойртож байна.
Халибёртон улирлын турш шүүмжлэлтэй тулгарсан ч түүний плей-оффын үеийн амжилт нь бүх эргэлзээг үгүй хийхээр харагдаж байна. Тоглолтын үеэр түүний дамжуулалт, оноо олох чадвар нь үнэхээр гайхалтай байсан. Харин хамгаалалт дээр ч адилхан гайхалтай байж, дөрвөн хулгай хийсэн нь түүнийг жинхэнэ од болгох хүчин зүйлсийн нэг юм.
Түүний тоглолт зөвхөн том тоон үзүүлэлтээр хязгаарлагдахгүй, жижиг тоон үзүүлэлтүүдээр ч онцгой байна. Жишээлбэл, тэрээр тоглолтын гуравдугаар үед дөрвөн дамжуулалт өгч, найман оноо авч, багийнхаа тоглолтын хэмнэлийг удирдсан. Түүнчлэн, хамгаалалт дээр ч сайн тоглож, өөрийн хүч чадлыг харуулж чадсан.
Тайрис Халибёртон самбараас 12 бөмбөг авснаар багийнхаа хамгаалалтын тоглолтонд том хувь нэмэр оруулсан. Тэрээр багийнхаа хурдан довтолгоонд оролцож, олон чухал дамжуулалт өгсөн юм. Халибёртон өөрийн багийнхаа тэргүүн тоглогчдын нэг болж, багийнхаа амжилтад үнэтэй хувь нэмэр оруулж байна. Түүний гайхалтай тоглолт нь Пэйсерс багийн амжилтын үндэс болж байна.
Эх сурвалж:
Tyrese Haliburton is doing little things for Pacers to complement his gaudy numbers
By contributing on defense and the glass, the Pacers star is allowing his teammates to thrive.
Мэдээний дэлгэрэнгүй:
With a triple-double of 32 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists, plus zero turnovers, Tyrese Haliburton was the clear standout performer for the Indiana Pacers in their Game 4 win on Tuesday night. Following the game, reporters rattled off the historic nature of his performance and informed him of the ways in which he recorded a stat line that had never been done before.
ALL-TIME PLAYOFF PERFORMANCE FROM TYRESE HALIBURTON ‼️👏🔥
30+ PTS, 15+ AST, 10+ REB, 0 TO in a playoff game? FIRST EVER*
30+ PTS, 15+ AST, 10+ REB, 5+ 3PM in a playoff game? FIRST EVER.
30+ PTS, 15+ AST, 10+ REB, 5+ 3PM, 0 TO in any game? FIRST EVER*
*since 1977-78 https://t.co/Kifz36pPEz pic.twitter.com/5JbajxOJ1b
— NBA (@NBA) May 28, 2025
When asked if he had any idea of the history he had just made with his performance, Haliburton flashed a big smile and tried to downplay the information being relayed to him on the postgame dais.
“I didn’t know that,” he said with a laugh. “I feel like we’re making up stats at some point to make me look better. But I’m just trying to play the right way, man.”
Ultimately, playing the right way leads Haliburton to performances that no one has ever seen before. Those have brought Haliburton and the Pacers to the precipice of the franchise’s first trip to the NBA Finals since 2000, leading these Eastern Conference finals 3-1 over the New York Knicks.
As the Pacers have taken their journey to the top of the East over the last two years, there have been questions about what Haliburton can do on the biggest stage. In this season’s anonymous player poll here at The Athletic the two-time All-Star’s colleagues named him the league’s most overrated player, but Haliburton’s playoff performance should fully silence any of those questions. (Full disclosure: Only 90 players answered that question.)
Make no mistake about it: Game 4 was a superstar showing by Haliburton.
And while he might not like it, a closer look at the stats (and film) from Game 4 can help show why. Haliburton isn’t a superstar only because he can command the postseason’s most dynamic offense; he’s a superstar because he can affect games in whichever manner is required in the biggest moments.
His offensive production as a playmaker and scorer was undeniably impressive, but look at what he did on the other end Tuesday night. Per Basketball Reference’s Stathead tool, Haliburton recorded the 31st game this postseason with at least four steals. A fine, if unremarkable statistic. With his 12 rebounds, however, the Pacers point guard became only the sixth player this postseason to finish a game with at least four steals and 10 rebounds.
The other five players to do so? Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić; All-Star big men Karl-Anthony Towns and Jarrett Allen; and elite, do-it-all role players Josh Hart and Isaiah Hartenstein.
The beauty of Haliburton’s performance in this series has not just been in the big numbers, but also the small numbers. In Game 4, he did everything for Indiana and that is what has led them to this point in the postseason.
As the Pacers pulled away in the third quarter, Haliburton’s dynamism on the ball played a major role as he dished out four assists and regularly put pressure on the rim with eight points.
But watch what he did on the other end of the floor immediately following that bucket.
Rather than getting caught up in the moment and hyping the crowd up or just trying to stay out of the way, Haliburton opportunistically made a play on the ball, applied pressure on Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson — whose own defense has been a problem for New York — and made one of his four Game 4 steals.
“He’s doing this within the system,” Carlisle said. “There isn’t a lot of freelance stuff where they’re just out-of-the-box gambles. He’s doing it within the system and that’s real growth. Look, he’s had a lot of things happen this year. The year’s been filled with ups and downs. He’s remained remarkably resilient and steadfast in his belief in what we’re doing and who he is, so we just need him to continue to lead us.”
With the Knicks desperately needing a bucket late in the game, watch Haliburton compete and execute his assignment defensively on the possession that Aaron Nesmith ultimately ended by taking a charge on OG Anunoby.
Nesmith ended the possession as the hero, but he wouldn’t have been able to make that play without Haliburton’s efforts to start the play.
The Knicks started with a screen from Mikal Bridges because that is who Haliburton was guarding and he was the Pacers’ weakest defender on the floor, but making him the target led to very little because Haliburton capably played to his strengths as a defender.
As Brunson looked to throw a pocket pass to Bridges rolling down the middle of the floor, Haliburton leaned to the right to take away his angle for the bounce pass:
As Brunson picked up his dribble to attempt a lofted pass, Haliburton rose up and put his hands in the passing lane above his head:
And when Brunson gave up the ball to Towns to get it right back, Haliburton immediately denied him the ball by face guarding him:
Haliburton’s effort short-circuited the Knicks’ initial offensive action and forced them to work to a different action, which ultimately gave Nesmith a chance to make a play as a rotating backside defender. The Pacers rotated on a string defensively throughout the possession, but it would not have been possible if the Knicks had been able to pick on Haliburton as a weak link.
New York has made it tough on the Pacers defense all series long by crashing the offensive glass. With elite offensive rebounders such as Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson, it has been difficult for Indiana to finish possessions.
“When you can get a stop and a rebound, it almost feels like an anomaly sometimes,” Carlisle said after the Game 4 victory.
In Tuesday’s win, Haliburton put in a superstar’s work on the glass by grabbing those career-high 12 rebounds, and that effort paid off immediately.
In the first quarter, he pulled down five defensive rebounds. The Pacers scored within 10 seconds of that rebound four out of five times with Indiana’s third-team All-NBA guard recording an assist or hockey assist on all four of those possessions.
With Haliburton participating on the glass, the Pacers could get out on the run and immediately make the Knicks pay for their missed shots in the first quarter with Haliburton’s vision as a passer leading to easy buckets in transition.
“Coach (Rick Carlisle) is always on me to rebound,” Haliburton said before catching himself. “Everybody is on me to rebound, so just trying to step up there and be the best I could. Everybody’s boxing their guy out, but especially Mitchell Robinson, Josh Hart, they got so many guys that just crash the glass like crazy and I’m just trying to come in and clean it up. And I thought I did a decent job at that.”
The Pacers have thrived in this postseason as a team that prides itself on its depth and the contributions that it can get from up and down the roster. For that to be the case, though, their best player has to be able to play and perform utilizing that same motto.
In Game 4, Haliburton did that by doing all of it.
Yes, he became the sixth player in NBA history to put together a playoff game with at least 30 points and 10 assists while committing zero turnovers, but he also grabbed those career-high 12 rebounds and made four steals. Those do-it-all performances are the types of games that vault teams into the NBA Finals and players into superstardom.
“I just want to impact winning. I’ve told you that for the last two years. After my third year and getting the big contract and now having to step into a new role, I think — for me — it was just about how can I impact winning,” Haliburton said. “I’m just trying to do that to the best of my ability. We’re building something special here. We’re having a lot of fun with what we’re doing. And I feel like I’m at the forefront of that, along with a lot of these guys.”
If Haliburton can keep finding a way to impact games across the board like he did Tuesday, Indiana’s fun will continue and the special moments won’t come to an end for another couple weeks as his star rises in the process.
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