- The couple have been dating since college, well before Haliburton got drafted
- Haliburton and the Pacers will face LeBron James and the Lakers in the final
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Tyrese Haliburton’s stunning girlfriend, Jade Jones, celebrated the Pacers’ NBA In- Season Tournament semifinal win on social media, after the point guard stole the show to help Indiana beat the Milwaukee Bucks with a 27-point performance.
Jones cheered on the 23-year-old All-Star on Thursday, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights – as her beau also put up 15 assists, committing zero turnovers against his hometown team.
She was spotted wearing a snakeskin bodysuit with Halliburton’s last name on the front, as seen in photos shared on her Instagram page.
‘Go pacers,’ she captioned her story – an overhead picture of the tournament’s first ever semi-final.
Jones also posted a behind-the-scenes snap of the ‘Inside the NBA’ crew filming part of Thursday’s show.
Tyrese Haliburton’s stunning girlfriend is Jade Jones -a former cheerleader for Iowa State
Jones shared support to her college sweetheart, on Thursday, before the start of Bucks-Pacers
Haliburton, 23, and Jones celebrate their four-year anniversary in April. Seen in August 2022
Haliburton and his college sweetheart have been locked in romantically since their days at Iowa State. Jones was a cheerleader while her partner averaged a little over 10 points a game in his two-year span on the Cyclones’ men’s basketball team.
Together, they celebrated their four-year anniversary in April.
Haliburton and the Pacers will go on to meet LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers for the NBA’s In-Season Tournament title on Saturday night. Both teams are 6-0 in the event.
James has won four NBA titles and been to the NBA Finals 10 times. He is the NBA’s career leading scorer and has a slew of accolades.
Haliburton is essentially just starting out; he was an All-Star last year, got a rookie max extension from the Pacers last summer that will be worth at least $205million and has emerged as perhaps this season’s breakout star.
Haliburton scored 27 points, while also putting up 15 assists on zero turnovers, Thursday night
‘He’s a great player,’ Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo said. ‘But to be able to have 25 points plus, 15 assists and not turning the ball over, which I had no idea about it, speaks a lot. Speaks volumes about the way he’s playing this year.’
The Lakers-Pacers game won’t count in the standings, since it’ll essentially be the 83rd game in an 82-game season for both teams.
Players from both teams have clinched $200,000 each for making the final; two-way players get half that much. Players on the winning team get $500,000 apiece, so there’s roughly $4.5million at stake in Saturday’s game.
The winning team also gets the NBA Cup and all players from the championship team get medals.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said: ‘We have a dream as an organization to be an NBA championship organization. They won three ABA titles, and that’s a big deal. Winning an NBA title is a dream that’s reachable, but it’s got to be a dream where people can focus on how it’s reachable, and we’re showing signs of that. We’re not there yet.
‘We’re showing signs, and we’re a dangerous team.’
