Life is good for Indiana Pacers level guard Tyrese Haliburton.
The 2-time NBA All-Star celebrated along with his girlfriend, Jade Jones, after he hit a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to provide the Pacers a 120-119 victory over the Cavaliers and a 2-0 lead of their Japanese Convention semifinals sequence Tuesday evening.
The Pacers posted a video of the couple sharing a hug as Haliburton walked off of the court docket.
Jones was seen leaping up and down and cheering whereas sporting a customized Pacers varsity jacket.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Jones gushed over Haliburton in a sequence of celebratory posts.
“I know that’s right,” Jones wrote with a blushing face emoji, together with the video of their candy embrace.
“GAME WINNER SAY WHAAAAAT,” she continued.
One other put up featured a picture of Haliburton celebrating on the court docket with the caption, “GAME TIME.”
The couple started relationship whereas they had been college students at Iowa State, the place Haliburton performed faculty basketball and Jones was a cheerleader.
Haliburton and Jones celebrated six years collectively in April.
The Pacers star delivered when it mattered most in Sport 2.
Indiana guard Andrew Nembhard stole an inbounds cross from Cleveland’s Max Strus with 27.5 seconds remaining in a three-point recreation earlier than Haliburton drove inside and was fouled by Cavs guard Ty Jerome.
Haliburton hit the primary free throw to chop the deficit to 119-117, earlier than lacking the second and grabbing an offensive rebound.
Haliburton dribbled to the highest of the important thing and, with 1.1 seconds remaining, he made the step-back, game-winning 3-pointer to carry the Pacers to a 120-119 result in steal Sport 2 in Cleveland.
Haliburton has been clutch for Indiana thus far of their playoff run.
He had 22 factors and 13 assists within the Pacers’ 121-112 win over the Cavaliers in Sport 1 on Sunday.
Haliburton’s father, John, made headlines for storming the court docket and arguing with Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo after Sport 5 of the Pacers-Bucks first-round sequence.
On the time, Indiana was celebrating Haliburton’s go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left in time beyond regulation to provide them a 119-118 victory that secured a sequence win over Milwaukee.
The Pacers met with John after Sport 5 and stated he wouldn’t be attending crew’s residence and street video games for the foreseeable future.
John apologized to Antetokounmpo, the Bucks and the Pacers group on social media.
Sport 3 of the Pacers-Cavaliers matchup is about for Friday evening in Indianapolis.
