The Last Shot, The Last Laugh

'Overrated' Haliburton's clutch plays symbol of a Pacers side who've forgotten how to lose

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Two months after being named the NBA's "Most Overrated Player" in an anonymous poll of his peers, Tyrese Haliburton is having the last laugh.

He delivered on June 5 his latest in a series of game-winning moments with a last-gasp basket as the Indiana Pacers stunned the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

Haliburton's winning bucket with just 0.3sec remaining — was the latest entry to an impressive catalogue of clutch shots he has pulled off since the playoffs got under way.

The Pacers talisman has now made a go-ahead or game-tying basket in the final five seconds of regulation or overtime on four separate occasions during the postseason.

"I'm obviously confident in my ability and feel like if I can get to that spot, I feel very comfortable in there," the 25-year-old point guard said of his winner. "It's a shot I've worked on a million times and I'll work on it a million times more. Just have confidence in that shot."