Boston Celtics reserve ahead Oshae Brissett has a detailed relationship with Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton.
However that friendship is on the maintain in the interim with the Celtics and Pacers at the moment battling it out within the Japanese Convention finals.
“Clearly individuals know me and Oshae, it’s like one in all my greatest buddies,” Haliburton advised reporters Wednesday, per CLNS Media’s Bobby Manning. “Normally we get dinner or one thing earlier than we play however we’re not doing that in this.”
Brissett and Haliburton spent a season-plus along with the Pacers. Haliburton was traded to Indiana throughout the 2021-22 marketing campaign whereas Brissett left the Pacers to signal with the Celtics in free company this offseason.
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The previous teammates discuss typically and Haliburton had a prediction for Brissett throughout the common season that ended up turning into true.
“There’s lots of chit-chat between us the entire 12 months as a result of I advised him we had been going to play him within the Japanese Convention finals all 12 months and he sort of laughed at me,” Haliburton mentioned. “So, right here we’re.”
Haliburton and Brissett almost definitely received’t see one another on the courtroom, except it’s throughout pregame warmups. Brissett has solely performed in rubbish time to this point this postseason whereas Haliburton is the catalyst of an Indiana offense which leads all playoff groups with 115.2 factors per sport.
The 2 are centered on the duty at hand for the time being with a visit to the NBA Finals on the road, and Haliburton is aware of there will probably be time to play catch-up down the highway.
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“We don’t actually discuss a lot throughout the video games,” Haliburton mentioned. “I’m positive we’ll have lots of dialog after.”
