How Tyrese Haliburton celebrated Pacers NBA Finals berth with girlfriend
It was a sweet celebration Saturday for Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton and girlfriend Jade Jones.Moments after the Pacers punched their ticket to the NBA Finals with a dominant 128-105 victory over the Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Jones embraced Haliburton on the floor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as the All-Star guard held the Bob Cousy Trophy.“Proud is an understatement,” she gushed in an Instagram Story.Haliburton, averaging 18.8 points this postseason, scored 21 on Saturday following a miserable eight-point outing Thursday in a Game 5 loss at Madison Square Garden.“I can’t put into words how special this group is,” the 25-year-old Haliburton said.That group includes teammate and Eastern Conference Finals MVP Pascal Siakam, who scored 31 points in Game 6.“To be able to get to this level and having an opportunity to play for an NBA championship, that’s amazing,” Siakam said postgame.The Pacers, making their first NBA Finals trip since 2000, will face the Thunder in Oklahoma City starting Thursday with Game 1.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.Jones, who has been dating Haliburton for six years, has been supporting the Pacers throughout the series.She took a savage dig at the Knicks in May following their epic Game 1 collapse.“Finally got to see the ball drop in NYC,” she quipped on Instagram.The Knicks choked away their Game 1 lead within the final minutes of regulation on May 21.Haliburton, who helped take down the Knicks in last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals, flashed a choke gesture after the Pacers climbed back into the game and swiped a 138-135 overtime win.The two-time NBA All-Star kept the jabs rolling Sunday, hitting back at Knicks superfan Ben Stiller for a comment made about his pregame accessory.“Good thing he brought his duffel for the flight to NY,” Stiller wrote Saturday on X, to whi...