Tyrese Haliburton is 'excited' to be back in Paris
Tyrese Haliburton dished out an impressive no-look pass to Myles Turner during the Pacers' game against the Spurs in Paris on Saturday.
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Tyrese Haliburton had his Stephen Curry moment in Paris. Same arena, no less. Different stakes, different quarter, but same flurry: four 3-point tries, all of them good, in a 2-1/2 minute stretch to end a period in a display that thoroughly disappointed the French fans.
It’s a memory-lane trip for Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton as well.
Since January 1, the Indiana Pacers have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA. Up until their 140-110 beatdown at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, the Pacers were 8-1 in 2025 and had bounced back from their slow start.
The Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton was in that picture. He was laid out on the stairs (it’s a unique setup here in Paris; the arena is covered by grass, and the concrete steps are cut into the side hills outside the building), wearing cargo pants and a Team USA windbreaker.
Tyrese Haliburton is back in Paris where he won a gold medal this summer, but he played the fewest minutes of any member of Team USA in France.
WNBA standout Caitlin Clark praised Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton as the 24-year-old was having a standout game against "Wemby" and the Spurs on Saturday. Haliburton had 28 points, three rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks on 11-of-17 shooting, including 6-for-9 from three-point range in 28 minutes.
The state of Indiana has a couple of basketball superstars. Tyrese Haliburton and Caitlin Clark are the faces of the Pacers and the Fever respectively. Haliburton is the highest-paid Pacers player in franchise history. He is the only supermax player that the franchise has ever signed.
Tyrese Haliburton describes Caitlin Clark as a 'superstar' on the eve of the Indiana Pacers' first game against the San Antonio Spurs in Paris.
"I think when it comes to the game of basketball, she's probably in the top-five most famous people that are playing now, just in general. That includes our league as well," Tyrese Haliburton said of Caitlin Clark.