Pacers level guard Tyrese Haliburton and his girlfriend, Jade Jones had a candy second on the courtroom after his triple-double helped Indiana beat the Knicks’ 130-121 in Sport 4 for a 3-1 lead within the Japanese Convention finals on Tuesday evening.
The couple hugged and Jones jumped up and down in pleasure on the sidelines at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the place Haliburton was the hero of the evening — posting 32 factors, 15 assists and 12 rebounds and 4 steals with out a turnover for the Pacers in Sport 4.
“TRIPLE DOUBLE HIMMMM,” Jones wrote on her Instagram, together with a snapshot of Haliburton.
reacted to his triple double that helped Indiana beat the Knicks
130-121 in Sport 4 for a 3-1 lead within the Japanese Convention
finals in Indianapolis on Might 27, 2025. Instagram/Jade Jones
The couple started courting 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.
That very same month, he was voted as probably the most overrated participant within the NBA by different gamers in an nameless survey performed by The Athletic.
Haliburton has been clutch for the Pacers all through their playoff run.
The 2-time All-Star despatched Sport 1 of the ECF to time beyond regulation with an extended jumper that bounced excessive off the again of the rim and in to tie the sport at 125-125 as time expired in regulation final week. Indiana rolled in time beyond regulation to seal the win.
The Pacers eradicated the Bucks within the first-round sequence behind Haliburton’s go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left in time beyond regulation that gave them a series-clinching 119-118 victory in Indianapolis.
Haliburton defined that he wasn’t blissful together with his efficiency within the Pacers’ 106-100 loss to the Knicks in Sport 3 on Sunday — when New York rallied again from one other 20-point deficit to steal one on the street in Indy.
“I’m just trying to be aggressive, trying to respond. I feel like I let the team down in Game 3,” Haliburton mentioned after Sport 4. “So it was important for me to come out here and make big plays.”
Sport 5 of the Japanese Convention finals shifts again to Madison Sq. Backyard Thursday evening in New York.
“I’m excited about it,” Haliburton mentioned of enjoying at The Backyard. “It’s a tough environment to play in but we gotta be ready. It’s just one more game.”
