Tony East
Sports Reporter at Sports Illustrated
Covering Indiana’s pro basketball teams - the Pacers and the Fever - for @TheNextHoops @ForbesSports. Host @lockedonpacers. IU grad.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Tony East
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers felt like they were on top of the world. Late in the second quarter of their Game 3 battle against the New York Knicks in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals, they took a 20-point lead via a dunk in transition from guard Tyrese Haliburton. Just over three minutes remained until halftime. Haliburton grabbed his uniform and puffed out the “Indiana” for the crowd to see. Forward Obi Toppin gave him a chest bump. Ben Sheppard rubbed his shoulders.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Tony East
NEW YORK – All-Star players in the NBA aren’t typically the ones characterized as glue guys. But Pascal Siakam, who lit up the New York Knicks for 39 points Friday night to give the Indiana Pacers a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals, is the dominant adhesive that keeps his team together. Siakam – who postgame called himself a borderline-shy personality while speaking with reporters, an atypical nature for an NBA star — is atypical as a player, too. There aren’t many like him.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Tony East
NEW YORK – Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton is an All-NBA player once again. The NBA announced the 2025 All-NBA teams on Friday night, and Haliburton was named to the third team for the second-straight season. Haliburton, who made an All-NBA team for the first time in 2024, had a slow start to the 2024-25 season. He, and the Pacers, struggled for the first month of the campaign as Haliburton didn’t feel like himself on the court.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Tony East
NEW YORK – It was a rainy, gray day outside in New York City as the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks faced off for Game 1 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals. It was the first battle of a series between two improving teams. One group, the Pacers, is in the conference finals for the second straight season. Led by Tyrese Haliburton, they’re hoping to move to the NBA Finals for just the second time in franchise history. They’ll have to beat the Knicks to do it.
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2 weeks ago |
sbnation.com | Tony East
Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Tyrese Haliburton walked to the podium in Madison Square Garden about 40 minutes after he and the Indiana Pacers set multiple playoff records. In a Game 7 win against the New York Knicks to conclude the 2024 Eastern Conference Semifinals, the Pacers couldn’t miss – they canned a postseason-best 76.3% of their shots in the first half and a record 67.1% overall in a 130-109 win. Haliburton had many reasons to smile.
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Julius Randle toggling between bowling ball and finesse player at all the right times in this playoffs has been so fun.
RT @IndianaFever: first five for our preseason matinee. https://t.co/UoGexEWy4s
Tyrese Haliburton on: 1 - How he felt after a bad Game 3 and first home playoff loss 2 - not speaking after the game last night (from @DustinDopirak) https://t.co/nDe7WwqvCX