Haliburton adjusting to pick-and-roll with screen-setting Zubac rather than a popping big.
“I'm so used to... typically playing with a popping big and... that's obviously different... when Zubac sets screens, he's hitting people. So if I slow down and give him time to get a good clean hit, I'll be open.”
Haliburton is back playing after 472 days and wants to be nowhere else.
“It's been 472 days since I played a game of basketball. I wouldn't want to do it anywhere else”
Pacers open the preseason with this starting five together for the first time.
“Pacers starters, for the first time as a group of five, as they begin the preseason — Haliburton, Nembhard, Nesmith, Siakam, Zubac.”
Haliburton is set for a good chunk of minutes in this game.
“He's going to play a good chunk of minutes in this game”
Haliburton returns to play after 472 days away from injury.
“Tyrese Haliburton will play his first NBA game in 472 days tonight — and he'll do it at Iowa State.”
