{"id":732243,"date":"2026-05-12T08:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/732243\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:39:20","slug":"pacers-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-what-makes-the-nba-playoffs-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/732243\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers\u2019 Tyrese Haliburton reveals what makes the NBA playoffs different"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pacers\u2019 Tyrese Haliburton reveals what makes the NBA playoffs different<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Indiana Pacers<\/a> are enduring a long summer after a brutal 18-61 season, but Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> is still dropping gems from the sideline. While the star works back from a devastating Achilles tear suffered in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, he\u2019s been keeping a close eye on his division rivals, the Detroit Pistons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

During a recent appearance on NBA on Prime, Haliburton broke down why playoff basketball is a different beast entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think in the regular season through 82 games you\u2019re gonna have the chance to play teams that are kinda just chilling,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cI feel like through the course of a playoff series, every play matters so much, the margins are so small.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those \u201csmall margins\u201d defined Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals on Monday night. The top-seeded Detroit Pistons saw their series lead evaporate as the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> secured a 112-103 victory, evening the series at 2-2.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell put on a legendary performance<\/a>, tying an NBA record with 39 points in the second half alone. He finished with 43 points, spearheading a massive 24-0 run that effectively ended Detroit\u2019s night. Meanwhile, Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham<\/a> struggled to find his gear, posting 19 points and six assists, marking the first time he\u2019s failed to hit the 20-point mark in 11 playoff games this year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a rough week for the Pacers fan base. Beyond watching their rivals thrive, the team struck out at Sunday\u2019s NBA Draft<\/a> Lottery. The Indiana Pacers watched their No. 5 overall pick slide to the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> to finalize the Ivica Zubac<\/a> trade. Haliburton\u2019s reaction was a simple social media post of the Lil Uzi Vert \u201cI lost\u201d meme.<\/p>\n

The silver lining? Haliburton is officially a \u201cfull go\u201d<\/a> for summer minicamp. Once he\u2019s back, those \u201cchilling\u201d regular-season nights are over for the East.<\/p>\n

Related: Kevin Pritchard refuses to apologize for Ivica Zubac trade that cost them No. 5 pick<\/a><\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

Related: Pacers President delivers strong message after losing No. 5 pick to Clippers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pacers\u2019 Tyrese Haliburton reveals what makes the NBA playoffs different appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,909,193,188,864,126,532,135,6,11,90766,278],"class_list":["post-732243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-playoffs","tag-basketball","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-ivica-zubac","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-play-matters","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116560708478237840","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}