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Is this the most overrated player in the league? Hitchhiking 35+12+15 assists+0 mistakes, Xiao Mo praised: Too much like Paul

1:40pm, 28 May 2025Basketball

On May 28, the G4 game of the NBA Playoff Eastern Conference Finals officially started today. The Pacers faced the challenge of the Knicks at home. In this game, Thibodeau continued the strategy of the previous game, allowing Miro and Towns to start the double tower, and also added rotation. The team had 10 players in the first half. In the last game, Thibodeau defeated the Pacers with this routine, but he was not so lucky in this game. In this game, the Pacers defeated the opponent with their violent attacks.

In this game, the Pacers used their five-for-one targets the Knicks' inside squat pit. Halliburton found the open teammates and sent the pass. The Pacers relied on multiple points to break up and scored 20+ Knicks. In this game, Anunobi scored 22 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 2 blocks, Towns scored 24 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and Brunson scored 31 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists. Towns played too frustrated in this game.

The opponent's inside line cannot limit Towns at all. As a result, when the Knicks were at the best or the score difference was about, Towns could not get the ball at all. He saw that the score difference widened before giving Towns the ball. He scored 20+8 in the last quarter of the series G3 to lead the team to reverse the opponent, but it still was not recognized. Thibodeau's coaching ability and Brunson's choice as the team organizer were speechless. Now the Pacers have won the match point, and Towns' knee condition is not optimistic. The Knicks are likely to go far in this round of the series.

is also the organizer of the team, and Halliburton's performance is better than Brunson. Although they play No. 1, this game is more like a conversation between two point guards from different eras. Halliburton is the traditional point guard's style of playing. He pays more attention to team basketball. When his teammates have good opportunities, Halliburton will never be obsessed with scoring, so the Pacers can play the ultimate team basketball. In this game, the team's five players scored in double digits under his connection.

Brunson is more inclined to play with the ball-holding core, and is more inclined to attack. However, compared with most of the ball-holding cores, he may have stronger fouls, but his passing ability is weaker. There is a gap between the teams such as Cunningham, Harden and Doncic. Moreover, Brunson looks more obsessed with data and chooses to make a hard layup after falling behind in big scores.

The two have a big gap in performance today. Brunson made 5 assists and 3 mistakes, Halliburton made 15 assists and 0 mistakes in the whole game. This organizational ability is so terrifying! Looking at the great top point guards in history, there are not many who can give 15 assists in the playoffs and make 0 mistakes in the whole game. Traditional point guards pay attention to rhythm and efficiency. They pass the ball and reduce the mistakes, which can reduce the possibility of opponents seizing mistakes and counterattacking. Perhaps such a point guard is more suitable for playing in the playoffs.

Harry also performed well in defensive and personal scoring in this game. Harry made 11 of 23 shots in the game, scored 32 points in 5 of 12 three-pointers, and scored 4 steals. He is the first player in history to score 30+10+15 assists and 0 turnovers. In history, he achieved 30 points, 15 assists and 0 turnovers. Harry did it three times. Only Jokic and Harden each got one in the same period in the league. In addition to these 3, James, Paul and Stockton also did this feat.

After the game, Carlisle talked about Halliburton and said: I'm tired of discussing personal data, Halliburton is an excellent player, I think people have realized this through some of his impressive data, but he's far outperforming the data itself. In fact, Halliburton was questioned before because the data was not good. Previously, the US media summoned players to vote for the most overrated player in the league, Halliburton ranked first.

Halliburton averaged 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 1.4 steals in the regular season. Such data is indeed not enough as the boss of the team, but he led the top five in the Eastern Conference, which is something that many fans ignore. In the playoffs, everyone should see Harry's performance. So far, he averaged 19.4 points, 6 rebounds, 9.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and he averaged the league first in assists. He still played very selflessly, and he has contributed 2 finals and 1 draw in the playoffs, which shows his scoring ability.

Harry's scoring ability has always been good, but sometimes he will choose to sacrifice data for the team. Perhaps Morris Jr.'s evaluation of him is the most objective and reasonable. He talked about Harry when he was a guest on a show. He said: We usually have a very athletic impression of the super giant, but what Halliburton did is like Paul. They are commanders on the court, who can make teammates better and then win games. This is a super giant ability. He can also score at critical moments. He will become one of the best point guards in history. He has led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals for two consecutive years.

Halliburton used his playoff performance to dispel doubts from the outside world. Having said that, what do you want to say about Halliburton? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.

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