Tyrese Haliburton's Clutch Game-Winner and Wild Celebration Stuns the Cavaliers

With just 12.1 seconds remaining in Tuesday’s Eastern Conference Semifinals matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tyrese Haliburton went to the free throw line. His Indiana Pacers trailed 119-116, meaning everything had to go right for them to complete the comeback.

Exactly as described, Haliburton ended up scoring the winning point and subsequently rejoiced at the opposite end of the court.

Haliburton made the first free throw, but missed the second one. He then came up with his own offensive rebound in the middle of the scrum and stepped back beyond the key, where he put up the three-pointer. It fell, putting Indiana up 120-119 – which held as the final since Cleveland didn’t have a timeout.

The Cavaliers were short-handed entering the game due to missing three of their starting players – Evan Mobley , Darius Garland and De’Andre Hunter – ruled out with injury jut before tip-off. However, Cleveland was still able to take full control in the third quarter, leading by as many as 20 points.

Despite not conceding, Indiana launched an offensive push to trail by just 98-84 heading into the last quarter. They then went on to score 36 points against Cleveland’s 21 in the final period, securing a away win during Game 2.

Max Strus appeared to hit the dagger three with 1:06 to go, giving Cleveland a 117-110 lead at the time. Haliburton then made a layup to make it 117-112 and Donovan Mitchell — who scored 48 points that evening — made two free throws to reclaim a seven-point lead for the Cavaliers, 119-112.

Next, an important call was received. Aaron Nesmith make up for a missed free throw by Pascal Siakam , however, the officials determined it was offensive interference. Rick Carlisle then challenged the call and won, putting two points on the board to make it a 119-114 Cleveland lead. Siakam then made a driving layup that got Indiana within three.

The Cavs had the ball with 27.1 seconds left, but botched the inbound as Nembhard picked it off and got it to Tyrese Haliburton. He drew a shooting foul to head to the free throw line with 12.1 seconds left. It was off and running from there in a crazy sequence that resulted in a thrilling Pacers victory.

Indiana's resurgence adds to the series of exciting playoff matches during this year's NBA postseason. Early in the conference semifinals, we've seen four instances where teams have mounted comebacks from deficits of at least 20 points. the most During one postseason since 1997.

Holding a 2-0 advantage, the series will move back to Indiana next. The third game between the Pacers and Cavaliers is scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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