With the game nearly decided, Giannis Antetokounmpo committed a shooting foul on Tyrese Haliburton, whose fadeaway 3-point attempt miraculously found the bottom of the net with three seconds left on the game clock.

The Pacers went up against a Minnesota Timberwolves team on an eight-game win streak while missing Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Aaron Nesmith and Myles Turner, then lost Andrew Nembhard and Bennedict Mathurin in the middle of the game; Nembhard was ejected and Mathurin fouled out.

Tyrese Haliburton is not quite receiving the league-wide fan fare he was enjoying in his 2022-23 and 2023-24 All-Star campaigns, but that may soon change. The Indiana Pacers point guard has leveled up over the last month,