When Tyrese Haliburton quotes “The Wire” to chamber Pat Beverley

NBA – Since he arrived at the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton has crossed paths with Patrick Beverley under the colors of the Wolves, the Lakers and now the Bulls. And there is a little contention between the two.

Number 1 of the Top 10 of the night, Tyrese Haliburton signed the most clutch basket of the evening with this 3-pointer from 9 meters off Patrick Beverley’s nose. Author of a full game with 29 points and 11 assists, with a superb 6 of 9 from 3-point range, the young All-Star of the Pacers could not help but, on social networks, to room the new leader of the Bulls by publishing a compilation of the “sheeeeit” of Clay Davis, the corrupt senator of “The Wire”.

For what ? Quite simply because there was a small dispute between the two. It all started with a stint of Tyrese Haliburton at JJ Redick. The former Magic and Clippers shooter had asked him to name the most active players in terms of “trashtalking”, and he had mentioned the Pat Beverley case. Hilarious, the leader of the Pacers had been surprised by the barking of Beverley during a meeting against Wolves.

“He then looks me straight in the eye as we leave the field, making me understand that I was lucky that he did not defend against me”

“I think I finish with 25 points and 15 assists. I had a good game, and Anthony Edwards defended on me. said Tyrese Haliburton. “But after the game, Beverley came barking at me because they won. I wonder why… since he had defended on Buddy (Hield), who had scored something like four points. He then looks me straight in the eye, making me realize that I was lucky he didn’t defend against me. According to him, he would have turned me off, and here I am, in disbelief…”

This story could have stopped there, except that Patrick Beverley had moderately appreciated. Result: February 2, after a Lakers victory over the Pacers

the new leader of the Bulls had given a layer.

“A little while ago, I saw that Haliburton quoted me in an interview. That a rookie mentions me, especially after everything I showed in defense, I found that… I’m not going to say ‘disrespectful’, but I remembered his words. I had taken it personally, and I wanted to challenge him, and the coach allowed me to. »

It was a month ago, and Tyrese Haliburton finished the game with 26 points and 12 assists, but was 4 of 13 from 3-point range. Patrick Beverley finished the game with 3 interceptions and 2 blocks. Sunday evening, the Indianapolis player gave him back his own coin with a magnificent “In Your Face”, celebrated while passing in front of his opponent. Unfortunately for Patrick Beverley, he will not cross paths with the Pacers again in the regular season.

But a possible Chicago – Indiana in “play-in” will be perfect to decide between them.