Pacers hail buzzer-beating Haliburton heroics as comeback stuns Cavs

Tyrese Haliburton scored a dramatic three to take the Indiana Pacers to 2-0 over the Cleveland Cavaliers

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00:01I'm at peace.

00:02I'm at peace with my game, you know, understanding that I'm trusted in these moments.

00:08I have all the confidence in the world to make these shots.

00:12You know, my teammates and my coach staff give me that confidence and, you know, just

00:16trying to make plays out there.

00:18He enjoys the moments, you know, like you just saw, you know, he wants the ball in his

00:21hands.

00:22There's a lot of guys I've seen, you know, even guys I've played with that doesn't necessarily

00:26want to take that shot or doesn't necessarily want to be in the mix right there, but he

00:29relishes in those moments.

00:30And, you know, it's just, again, a testament just to his work ethic, you know, his mental

00:35toughness, his mentality.

00:37And quite frankly, that boy Cole, man, he just does it over and over again.

00:43They made an effort to cut off his blood flow.

00:46I mean, really, they were making it hard and they were hitting him and they were, you know,

00:51they were doing physical things and they had set a tone.

00:55It was difficult to get assists.

00:57It was difficult to catch the ball, let alone get assists or score.

01:02The end of our season has looked a lot like this.

01:04We've had many games where you could take a screenshot at any moment and be like, how

01:08did they win this game, you know, but we just have a resilient group, man.

01:12We just figure out ways to win.

01:13We don't give up and we're battle tested.