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the NBA, you have your own hurdles to face. In this segment, we will highlight the player every week that has risen to the occasion when his team needed in whatever challenge you're facing. Microsoft empowers you with the expertise to say, bring it on. This week's player of the week. You guessed it is Tires Halliburton. Tyres Haliburton is on one hell of a run in the twenty twenty five NBA Playoffs. He just hit his fourth unbelievable buzzer beating shot that put his team in position to win a
game they had no business winning. He has made twelve clutch shots in this postseason run. Again, that's what the score within at least five points with five minutes or less remaining in the game. That is second only to Jalen Brunson, who by the way, has five more makes in clutch situations but on twenty more attempts, so in terms of volume and efficiency, no one's come close to Tyrese Halliburton in this postseason run. He also has just
eight assists to just one turnover in those situations. That's the most assists out of anybody in clutch situations in this postseason run. And the Pacers are now eight and one in the nine games that they've played in this postseason run that have come down to clutch situations. That is the best winning percentage at this volume in recent NBA Since NBA dot Com started tracking this information in
nineteen ninety seven. The only teams that have come close to that level of ruthless clutch efficiency are the twenty sixteen Calves and the two thousand Lakers, who both went seven to one in clutch playoff games. Both teams ended up winning the title, by the way, for whatever that is worth, but even that is underselling even if we focus on I saw. I was scrolling through Instagram yesterday and I saw the highlight reel of all four of
his game winners back to back. And I've watched it a few times as that it's come across my feed, and every time I see it, I'm just completely blown away because it's just unlike anything we've seen in NBA history for a guy to do this in four completely different series. But even that, even focusing on that, is just massively underselling the overall job that Halliburton has done in this playoff run of creating offense for his team. First of all, I've been talking a lot about how
his ham's is healthier than it used to be. He's been way more explosive getting to the rim in this particular playoff run. The dead giveaway statistically, here is his rim attempts. Last year in the postseason. Tyree's averaged just two point seven shot attempts per game at the rim. This year in the postseason four point one a time and a half as much. That's a substantial increase in his ability to get to the rim with basically the
same roster. It's a product of that gained explosiveness that he has off the dribble that didn't exist last year when he was dealing with his hamstring right This, in combination with his pull up shooting, is also made him a substantially more effective switch beater, which has unlocked an ISO part of his game, which was also completely missing last year and last year's playoff runt, Tyree's scored in
ISO just five times in three rounds. Including passes, he generated just twenty four total points in the entire playoff run in ISO situations. This year, he's literally been the most efficient ISO player in the entire playoff field. He has personally made seventeen shots in ISO again compared to just five last year. Including passes, He's generated eighty points in ISO situations. That's more than triple what he did
last year. Among the twelve players in this playoff field who have logged at least fifty isolation attempts including passes, his one point one point eight points per possession is the most efficient out of all of them. But even the box score doesn't come close to capturing the impact of this team. Tyrese is the embodiment of the identity of the Indiana Pacers. His biggest strength as a basketball
player is his quick decision making ability. He understands his role, which is just to create advantages for his team, and he's such a quick processor that he identifies every available opportunity every kick ahead pass, every simple swing pass to beat nail help, every simple kickback after he runs some guard guard screen and the guy slips out of the action,
every skip in pick and roll. His willingness to get the ball up the floor quickly and get it moving early in the possession is what breeds the rhythm and flow of this PACER's offense. We don't see Tyrese Halliburton have stretches like what Shay had in Game one where he dribbles the air out of the ball and stifles the rhythm of his own team. Tyrese's entire basketball personality is contagious. Everyone on the roster is invested. Miles Turner keeps calling it the power of French and I can't
think of any better way to put it. We've been joking around. I've seen it all over the website. It's a hilarious clip the other day of the scene from Avatar, and it was like, it was like if you walk in on the Pacers in the halftime locker room and it's them doing that crazy dance and Avatar, because the joke is it's devil magic, right, It's voodoo. It's the Pacers are up to some crazy shit. Tyre's Halliburton is
the voodoo magic for this team. The personality he has imbued in this roster, and the willingness to commit to this larger goal of being, this rhythm and flow, fast paced ball and player movement style of offense, the quick decision making, the willingness to make the extra pass, even just the unwavering confidence. Tyree's has taken a lot of the big shots late in games this year, but so
has everyone else. You want to know why Jalen Brunson has twenty more clutch attempts because he takes every one of them. On the pacers, Aaron E. Smith feels empowered to rise in fire. Andrew Nembard feels empowered to rise in fire. So does Miles Turner, so does Pascal Siakam. They all are part of this journey on the offensive end of the floor, and Tyree's is the guy that imbues that confidence, that unwavering belief in their ability to just come back from any deficit, to knock down any
type of shot. It's just it's been remarkable to watch and again, like Tyrese Haliburton, to me is the embodiment of that identity with this team. That's it for this week's course correction. Remember Microsoft's AI solutions empower you to take bold steps and make informed decisions, sparking new ideas to help drive your business forward. With Microsoft as your trusted partner, you can navigate your journey with confidence, finding
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