BREAKING: Tyrese Haliburton's Final Status For Bucks-Pacers Game 5

Tyrese Haliburton is available for Game 5.

Apr 28, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) celebrates a / Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

On Tuesday evening, the Indiana Pacers will be in Milwaukee to play the Bucks for Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

For the game, the Pacers will have their best player in the starting lineup, as All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton is available.

Via Underdog NBA: "Tyrese Haliburton (back) listed available to play Tuesday."

Tyrese Haliburton (back) listed available to play Tuesday.

— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) May 1, 2024

Haliburton finished the regular season with averages of 20.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.2 steals per contest while shooting 47.7% from the field and 36.4% from the three-point range in 69 games.

The Pacers are the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 47-35 record.

They are in the NBA playoffs for the first time since the 2020 season.

Apr 28, 2024; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) celebrates / Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

The Pacers have a 3-1 lead in the series, so they can advance to the second round with a victory on Tuesday.

Most recently, the Pacers won Game 4 by a score of 126-113.

Haliburton finished with 24 points, four rebounds, four assists and one steal while shooting 8/16 from the field and 5/12 from the three-point range in 32 minutes of playing time.

Injury Report for tonight's game against Milwaukee:

Tyrese Haliburton - Available (lower back spasms)
Bennedict Mathurin - Out (right shoulder labral tear) pic.twitter.com/xTdGt8usYK

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) May 1, 2024

If the Bucks are able to avoid elimination, Game 6 of the series would be on Thursday evening in Indiana.

Whoever wins the series will advance to the second round and face off against either the New York Knicks or the Philadelphia 76ers (the Knicks lead 3-1 with Game 5 on Tuesday).

Last season, the Bucks lost to Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the first-round (in five games).