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Tyrese Haliburton Celebrates Sweet Highlight Play With Dad Sitting Courtside

Pacers took a lead into halftime of Game 4.

Kyle Koster

Tyrese Haliburton and his father celebrate a bucket in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Tyrese Haliburton and his father celebrate a bucket in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. / NBA on ESPN
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It's been an eventful postseason for both Tyrese Haliburton and his father. The Indiana Pacers star has moved closer to superstar status with his clutch shooting en route to the NBA Finals. And the elder Haliburton has been briefly barred, then allowed back to watch his son's games after celebrating in Giannis Antetokounmpo's face after the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated by Indiana.

The two shared the stage again after Tyrese converted an end-of-half and-one to give his team a lead over the Oklahoma City headed into the midway point of Game 4. Then he found his father seated courtside again and shared the celebration.

That's a cool moment. And one that wouldn't have happened had the punishment been lifted. And who thought Tyrese Haliburton's father would become a character everyone knows? It's so hard to predict the playoffs.

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Kyle Koster
KYLE KOSTER

Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.

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