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 Recreation 4 for a 3-1 lead within the Jap 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 Recreation 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 Recreation 4 for a 3-1 lead within the Jap 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 school 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 carried out by The Athletic.
Haliburton has been clutch for the Pacers all through their playoff run.
The 2-time All-Star despatched Recreation 1 of the ECF to extra time 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 extra time 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 extra time that gave them a series-clinching 119-118 victory in Indianapolis.
Haliburton defined that he wasn’t completely satisfied along with his efficiency within the Pacers’ 106-100 loss to the Knicks in Recreation 3 on Sunday — when New York rallied again from one other 20-point deficit to steal one on the street in Indy.
“I’m simply making an attempt to be aggressive, making an attempt to reply. I really feel like I let the staff down in Recreation 3,” Haliburton stated after Recreation 4. “So it was vital for me to return out right here and make massive performs.”
Recreation 5 of the Jap Convention finals shifts again to Madison Sq. Backyard Thursday evening in New York.
“I’m enthusiastic about it,” Haliburton stated of enjoying at The Backyard. “It’s a tricky atmosphere to play in however we gotta be prepared. It’s only one extra sport.”
