Injured Cavs Face Tough Test

Resilient Pacers, with Haliburton in sizzling form, aim to heap more misery on top seeds

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INDIANAPOLIS - Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers are looking to come through in the clutch once again when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their National Basketball Association (NBA) Eastern Conference semi-final series on May 9 (May 10, Singapore time) in Indianapolis.

Haliburton also seems determined to change the narrative after being voted by his peers as the NBA's most overrated player in an anonymous poll conducted by The Athletic.

The two-time All-Star guard made a driving lay-up in the waning moments of the Pacers' series-clinching overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks.

He followed that up by collecting 22 points and 13 assists in the series opener versus top-seeded Cleveland before sinking a three-pointer with 1.1 seconds remaining to give Indiana a 120-119 victory on May 6 and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven set.

The frenzied finish, in which the fourth-seeded Pacers overcame a seven-point deficit in the final minute, was just par for the course in Haliburton's eyes.