Tyrese Haliburton has a weird-looking jump shot. Compared to his NBA peers, in fact, almost nothing about his game marks him as a prototypical superstar. He’s not smooth like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander . He’s not a sicko like Luka Doncic . He doesn’t play with the same adamantine, dead-eyed style that makes Nikola Jokic so fascinating, and he’s also not a shit-talking alpha who wants to dunk you through the floorboards like Anthony Edwards.

But after adding yet another instant-classic moment to his increasingly legendary highlight reel—this time to cap off what was probably the craziest ending to an NBA Finals game since J.R. Smith forgot the score—Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers find themselves three wins from a championship.

To be in this position at all is a major feat. During th

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