NBA Finals 2025: Why was Tyrese Haliburton the J6 hero?

Although Tyrese Haliburton had suffered a distension in the right calf played the sixth game and became the hero of the night.

Before the party, an immense question sign was seen next to his name. Doubts about whether it could be a determining factor in the sixth game was extremely large. And right in a match in which his team was as close to the abyss as of the door that would allow them to reach a seventh and definitive encounter.

It wasn’t another night to Tyrese Haliburton. It was the great night of the series for him and the Pacers.

It turned out to be one of those games in which statistics are not a determining factor to choose it as the hero. His numbers were very good, without a doubt, but they did not show their true contribution on the court.

How is the heart, claw and commitment to give everything of a player measure in a technical form? How is the determination reflected in it, to lead with the example, the ability to show the rest of the team the way to follow?

His undeniable effort, his winning attitude despite the muscle injury that bothered him, his perseverance and talent were combined to be the inspiration of the rest. His single presence on the court was apotheosic and memorable.

The cold statistic says that it erred its first four releases. However, and in just 23 minutes, it ended with 14 points, scoring 3 triples and 43% success from Saturn, 5 assists (some of them in the best Magic Johnson style) 2 robberies and a +/- positive of 25, the highest of his team.

It is true that it was a night in which the Pacers completely dominated the Thunder and in which many of their teammates showed their best repertoire. Pascal Siakam With a double dozen, Andrew Nembhard with 17 points and 60% in triples, Obi Toppin with 20 points in 22 minutes and TJ McConnell with 12 points 9 rebounds And 6 assists, were some of the determinants too.

But Hali not only erased that questioning sign that was seen next to his name, but also all doubts that could exist before the game. He was a hero without a cape, but his talent, commitment and heart away the pales of the abyss to place them at the gates of heaven. That same sky that they can reach if they win the seventh game.