{"id":944234,"date":"2026-10-28T18:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944234\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:22:20","slug":"tyrese-haliburton-is-finding-his-rhythm-as-the-pacers-host-the-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/944234\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrese Haliburton is finding his rhythm as the Pacers host the 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2408076\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2408076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/GettyImages-2301567833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2408076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyrese Haliburton ranks second in the league in assists, averaging 9.5 per game.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tyrese Haliburton has stepped back in for the Indiana Pacers with uncommon style and grace, keying their offense like he never left.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It took months of rehabilitation, and the guts to bounce back after the highest of highs \u2014 competing in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals \u2014 gave way to the lowest of lows.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But after missing a full season with a right Achilles tendon tear, Haliburton is averaging 9.5 apg \u2014 second in the Association \u2014 and is grateful to be on the court with his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means a lot to be back out here,\u201d said Haliburton to Yahoo Sports. \u201cI\u2019m obviously only 26 years old, but it\u2019s a new perspective that I found, and I\u2019m just really appreciative to be playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s pushed the pace, resumed his pick-and-roll partnership with Pascal Siakam, and <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/De97j0xM54n\/?lid=8b7bs47tlz0r\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broke out the self-lob <\/a>\u2014 to great effect.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Haliburton is at the helm in this edition of Rick Carlisle\u2019s whirring, shifting offense. They move the ball with alacrity; they run intelligently; they attack the rim, bolstered by new center Ivica Zubac.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As they prepare to face the 76ers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/phi-vs-ind-0022600135\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7 ET, ESPN<\/a>), Haliburton\u2019s Pacers are third in assists per game (29.3), fifth in fast-break points (19.5) and first in passes per game (331.3).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All those marks are up from last season. They\u2019ve doubled down on their style, with Hali, still getting into shape, at the center of it all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cardio part of it is a big thing,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cBut just getting my legs back is the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Haliburton finds his form, he\u2019s showing flashes of the play that helped propel Indiana to the 2025 Finals.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyrese Haliburton ranks second in the league in assists, averaging 9.5 per game. Tyrese Haliburton has stepped back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":944235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-944234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=944234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/944234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=944234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=944234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=944234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}