Tyrese Haliburton Draws Comparison To NBA Great, Two-Time MVP

All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton has the Indiana Pacers two wins from upsetting the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Haliburton hit the winning 3-pointer Tuesday to give the Pacers a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series. He is averaging 20.5 points and 8.5 assists in the series.

The way he is running the show has others thinking of Hall of Famer Steve Nash, who won two MVPs with the Phoenix Suns. That's the comparison ESPN podcaster Darrick Miller made during a recent episode.

"I love the way [Haliburton] plays," Miller said. "It's like he picks and chooses when he wants to push the tempo and then sometimes he's like, `Nah, nah, nah, we finna slow down, we finna run a set, we finna get a Siakam post up. I feel like defending him as a team has to be frustrating ... He's a modern day Steve Nash."