Tyrese Haliburton makes the Pacers a better team, but even with him their margins are tight and a bad quarter like Thursday's fourth can do them in.
With Haliburton maximizing everyone's powers, the Pacers made 12 first-half 3-pointers and shot 58.7% before the break. Even in the third quarter when they started too cool off and made just 1 of 8 3-point shots, they were 12 of 25 from the floor.
Haliburton hit a 3-pointer with 6:31 to go that gave the Pacers an eight-point lead after a 12-3 Lakers run, but that was his only made field goal in the quarter on six attempts. For all that he did well, he forced some 3s throughout the game and finished 4 of 13 from beyond the arc. Haliburton finished with 26 points and 12 assists, but after making strides in late December and early January with his ability to close games, Thursday's fourth quarter marked a clear back step.
"I'm not sure what to say about that," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said."I've never seen a 16-0 free throw discrepancy in the fourth quarter of an NBA game, ever. We were disappointed. ... The foul discrepancy and the free throw discrepancy is something I've never witnessed in 38 years in this league."
Still, Haliburton couldn't deny that the Pacers were not a good offensive team in that quarter at all. Just four of their 22 field goal attempts came in the paint and they made a single one. Their six field goals were scored by six different players. No one took over.Thursday's fourth served as a reminder that Haliburton's return can only fix so much. The Pacers are certainly a different team when he's available -- even when he's off the floor, the bench is better when T.J.
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