Tyrese Haliburton on early-season slump: I was struggling to lo look at myself in the mirror

Tyrese Haliburton couldn’t stop thinking about the stinker he put up in Madison Square Garden two weeks earlier in the Pacers’ second game of the 2024-25 season. Zero points. Not a single bucket. The Knicks had their revenge over his Pacers, and he was floundering, the quicksand of doubt pulling him in. His friends and family told him he was fine, to keep shooting through his cold streak. Things would even out. He wanted to listen. He wanted to be grateful and optimistic. But he coul