On the eve of the 2022 NBA trade deadline, the Sacramento Kings made a shocking move by trading Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers in a deal centered around star big man Domantas Sabonis. Sacramento was feeling the pressure of having the longest playoff drought in Northern American professional sports,

Trailing by two points late in the fourth quarter, Haliburton collected a rebound on his own missed free throw just outside the restricted area (in what the NBA would later acknowledge was a missed lane violation) and turned backward. Splitting a Ty Jerome - Donovan Mitchell double-team, he stumbled back toward the top of the key.

However, that won't be the case this year, as the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks suited up for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night. While the anticipation and excitement were high in New York after making their first Conference Finals appearance since 2000,

Tyrese Haliburton's father may not have been inside Madison Square Garden for the Indiana Pacers' stunning comeback win over the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but John Haliburton still found a way to celebrate.

Tyrese Haliburton’s father cut loose at an Indianapolis bar when his son hit the tying jumper at the end of regulation to cap a furious comeback and the Pacers beat the New York Knicks in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Only one other time has each of the four conference finalists featured a guard as its best player — 1991, when Michael Jordan, Isiah Thomas, Magic Johnson and Clyde Drexler filled the field.