Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics to advance to the semifinals of the NBA’s In-Season Tournament.
Haliburton had the first triple-double of his career recording 26 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, zero turnovers and one steal. It’s worth noting that the rising star had not played a game on TNT before this victory, per ESPN.
After the dominant performance, the Pacers will move on to the semifinals of the NBA Cup in Las Vegas. The next round of the tournament, which will be a combined broadcasting effort by ESPN and TNT, will give Haliburton and his teammates yet another chance to play on national TV.
Otherwise, the Pacers only have one other game scheduled on national TV this season: Jan. 30 against the Celtics on TNT.
But fans aren’t satisfied with just getting to see the Pacers, who now have the best offensive rating of all-time so far this season, in just those games. Many expressed a genuine interest in seeing the national TV schedule flexed as the season continues so they can watch Indiana more often.
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Maybe Tyrese Haliburton should be on national TV more often … https://t.co/zJFSTFgP62
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 5, 2023
Gonna be a late night at the NBA offices reworking the schedule. Get these Pacers on national TV. They've arrived.
— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) December 5, 2023
.@NBA Flex some games and put the Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers on National TV!!!#BoomBaby
— 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐍𝐁𝐀 (@_Talkin_NBA) December 5, 2023
Hope the NBA gives the Pacers more national TV games this is a fun team to watch
— Teflon Dev (@devinunoceroFWM) December 5, 2023
As soon as I heard Haliburton tell Windhorst he had never been on TNT and found out the IST got teams on national TV I figured the Pacers or some other young team would push hard as hell for this. It is AWESOME to see a small market squad actually earn this spotlight.
— Ti Windisch (@TiWindisch) December 5, 2023
I predict more TNT appearances in Tyrese Haliburton’s future.
— Christian Clark (@cclark_13) December 5, 2023
Excuse me did they just say this is Haliburton's first time ever playing on TNT????? He's in his fourth season! What are we doing, folks?
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) December 5, 2023
Haliburton has never played on TNT?? That’s insane!!
— Adam Mares (@Adam_Mares) December 5, 2023
Put Tyrese Haliburton on national TV
— Brendon Kleen (@BrendonKleen14) December 5, 2023
Give the Pacers more national TV games!!
— Rhett Coblentz (@rhett_cob) December 5, 2023
