NBA Legend Magic Johnson makes feelings about Pacers Star Tyrese Haliburton clear

On Tuesday evening, the Indiana Pacers will play the Cleveland Cavaliers (in Ohio) for game 2 of their playoff series in the second round.

The Pacers have had a surprising game 1 in which they won with a score of 121-112.

Tyrese Haliburton ended with 22 points, three rebounds, 13 assists, a steal and three blocks when he shot 9/15 from the field and 2/6 from the three -point range in 36 minutes.

About outsider NBA: “Highest career -playoff -apg average in NBA history:

Magic Johnson: 12.3 APG
John Stockton: 10.1 APG
John Wall: 9.8 APG
Tyrese Haliburton: 9.2 APG

Haliburton leads 2025 Playoffs with 11.8 APG. “

After game 1, the NBA legend Magic Johnson sent several posts about Haliburton.

Johnson's first post: “I didn't want to comment because I like Tyrese -haliburton's father John Haliburton, but sometimes our feelings have the best of us and I think that happened with him. I love the support that John and his wife Tyrese give, and how John taught his son old school basketball, how the game has played the right way and how he makes his team on better.”

Johnson's second post: “Tyrese Haliburton is nothing more than a winner and an incredible leader. It was seen yesterday when he led his team to a 121-112 victory on the street over the Cavaliers!”

Haliburton is in his fifth NBA season.

The former star of Iowa State had an average of 18.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 1.4 steals per competition, while he scored 47.3% from the field and 38.8% from the three -point range in 73 games.