{"id":66079,"date":"2025-06-20T05:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=66079"},"modified":"2025-06-20T05:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:21:02","slug":"we-didnt-want-these-guys-to-celebrate-tyrese-haliburton-fires-up-pacers-in-game-6-win-over-thunder-cheeky-response-leaves-fans-amused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/we-didnt-want-these-guys-to-celebrate-tyrese-haliburton-fires-up-pacers-in-game-6-win-over-thunder-cheeky-response-leaves-fans-amused\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Didn&#8217;t Want These Guys to Celebrate\u201d \u2013 Tyrese Haliburton Fires Up Pacers in Game 6 Win Over Thunder, Cheeky Response Leaves Fans Amused"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Indiana Pacers registered a massive victory in game six of the NBA Finals followed by top performance from Obi Toppin. Tyrese Haliburton and Aaron Nesmith also played key roles for the Pacers, bringing energy and defensive grit throughout the Thunder matchup.<\/p><p>While talking about the Pacers&rsquo; mindset going into game 6, Tyrese Haliburton didn&rsquo;t hold back after the win, making it clear the Pacers were motivated to stop OKC from celebrating a title on their floor.<\/p><p>Tyrese Haliburton said, &ldquo;<em>We just wanted to protect the home court. We didn&rsquo;t want these guys to celebrate a championship on our home floor. Backed against the wall, we just responded (in game 6). So many guys chipped. It was all a team effort and we are proud of this group<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHAT A SEQUENCE &#128064;<br><br>Tyrese Haliburton picks it off and sends a spinning no-look dime cross-court to Pascal Siakam, who absolutely PUNISHES the rim &#128561; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JNJ4FwyeAc\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/JNJ4FwyeAc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers\/status\/1935877697571635288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The OKC Thunder were on the verge of winning it all in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a><\/strong> Finals game 6 after a dominant performance in the previous game. Despite entering as favorites at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, the Thunder were outmatched by a Pacers squad determined to protect home turf at all costs.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haliburton, Toppin Star as Pacers Cruise<\/h2><p>Obi Toppin was the superstar of the game for the home side in the Pacers vs. Thunder game. Although the game 6 performance was more of a team effort, Toppin&rsquo;s presence in both halves of the court helped the Pacers dominate early.<\/p><p>Tyrese Haliburton followed suit, scoring 14 points, a big bounce-back from his four-point outing in Game 5. He scored an efficient 5-12 from the field. The Pacers&rsquo; early domination gave them a breather in the second half.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyrese Haliburton and Reggie Miller embrace after tonight's win &#128153; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5UfQBaaSx\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/K5UfQBaaSx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pacers\/status\/1935901790966251912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>June 20, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>This also gave head coach Rick Carlisle a chance to rest his starters and give rotation players valuable minutes in the final quarter. The Indiana Pacers came out victorious against the OKC Thunder by 108-91 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrese Haliburton lit a fire under the Indiana Pacers with a blunt post-game message after a dominant NBA Finals Game 6 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":66080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[865,5480,7461,4757,109,513],"class_list":["post-66079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba-finals","tag-nba-finals-2025","tag-okc-thunder","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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