Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton could face fine after lewd celebration following clutch 3-pointer

Tyrese Haliburton pushed the Indiana Pacers’ second-round bid pb implicit the Cleveland Cavaliers to 2-0 aft his unthinkable three-point changeable connected Tuesday night. 

But however helium celebrated whitethorn effect successful a good from the league – and he’s perfectly good if it happens, too. 

Haliburton stunned Cleveland connected their location court, getting the rebound connected his ain missed escaped propulsion and proceeding to hide a stepback 3-pointer astatine the apical of the cardinal with 1 2nd near to bushed the Cavs, 120-119. 

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Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton, center, celebrates the game-winning three-point handbasket during the NBA Playoffs crippled against the Cleveland Cavaliers astatine Rocket Arena. (David Richard-Imagn Images)

During the main TNT broadcast, Haliburton’s solemnisation was disconnected frame. A replay showed precisely however helium celebrated, and helium utilized the infamous "big-b---- dance," which was made celebrated successful "Major League II" and brought to the league by erstwhile NBA defender Sam Cassell. 

In the league’s eyes, though, fines person been dished retired for those replicating it successful the past. 

After the game, Haliburton said it was 1 helium was "waiting" to use, and volition instrumentality immoderate good whitethorn come. 

"It was conscionable close successful the moment," helium told reporters. 

"I’ll instrumentality that good gladly."

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Haliburton’s effect shows that helium knew the hazard of the solemnisation good earlier utilizing it, which is wherefore he’s had it successful the holster for the close moment. 

Haliburton has had rather the NBA Playoffs tally already, particularly erstwhile it comes to clutch shots successful crunch time. 

In the Pacers’ first-round bid against the Milwaukee Bucks, helium drove past Giannis Antetokounmpo and made a layup conscionable earlier clip expired to adjacent retired the bid successful 5 games. 

Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers celebrates aft beating the Cavaliers connected May 6, 2025, astatine Rocket Arena successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)

Now, connected the road, the Pacers person taken down the top-seeded Cavs twice, and Haliburton’s 22 points successful Game 1 helped Indiana’s lawsuit earlier his heroics successful Game 2. 

If the playoffs didn’t adhd capable information to perform, Haliburton has besides been drafting immoderate from an NBA players poll, which had him arsenic the astir communal reply for astir overrated subordinate successful the league. 

He said, "Overrate that," erstwhile helium ended the Bucks’ chances astatine lifting the Larry O’Brien Trophy. 

"That 1 was unexpected," Haliburton said successful that bid erstwhile asked astir the overrated chants helium was hearing. "I didn’t cognize we had beef. I deliberation present that that statement is there, it’s going to beryllium that each clip we play idiosyncratic connected the road. It’ll astir apt travel maine until the adjacent canvass comes out. Overrate that."

Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton during the playoff crippled against the Cleveland Cavaliers astatine Rocket Arena. (David Richard-Imagn Images)

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The bid heads to Indianapolis now, wherever the Pacers person a comfy 2-0 pb successful the best-of-seven bout with Cleveland. 

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