Pacers vs Hawks

Buddy Hield's work ethic has made him one of the Pacers' most consistent players and one of the most consistent shooters in the NBA.

"He's one of the best shooters in the league," Haliburton said. He's one of just four players over 30 on the roster and one of just two in the rotation along with backup point guard T.J. He's on track to hit more than 260 for the fifth straight season and a couple more of those could get him there. But his love for the game is deep and sincere, and it's obvious from his history that he cares. In Haliburton, he's playing with a point guard who knows his value and who knows how to set him up for shots. "But when you love the game so much that it's all you think about, just how I can get better each and every day, you just want success each and every day and you crave for it. Some times he can just be in the gym all day by himself, just shooting, running and grabbing the rebound and coming back, flipping it back and shooting again. Center Myles Turner is having the best season of his eight-year career, and he's a source of constant intrigue because he's in the final year of his contract, and the trajectory of the Pacers' season and near future hinges on whether Indiana decided to trade him, sign him to a contract extension or play his final year and let him walk. Haliburton played the hero again Tuesday with 12 fourth-quarter points to finish with 23 and finish the game out, but Hield was steady throughout the Pacers' peaks and valleys as a team. He's usually the last player to head back to the team hotel on the road for gameday shoot-arounds. With a combined 17 3-pointers in his last three games, he has rushed passed injured Warriors guard and all-time leading 3-point shooter Stephen Curry with 132 3-pointers to lead the NBA in total 3s this season. He had rushed back out on the floor and he grabbed the ball and he was going like this (turning his hands over it) and he was taking a couple of short shots.