Watch: Dwyane Wade jumps out of his chair and goes wild after Tyrese Haliburton's cold-blooded game-winner

On Thursday, Tyrese Haliburton hit another clutch jumper to give the Indiana Pacers a 1-0 lead in the 2025 NBA Finals. Haliburton's go-ahead basket in Game 1 against the OKC Thunder drew frenzied reactions from fans and former players.

Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade took in the final 10 seconds of Game 1 with keen interest. As Haliburton swished the pull-up jumper from just inside the arc, Wade jumped out of his chair.

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"Oh s***!" the former Miami Heat star exclaimed. "Superstar, superstar, superstar!"

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The Pacers pulled off yet another dramatic comeback, overcoming a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter at Paycom Center.

With just under three minutes left, the Pacers were down by nine. But clutch baskets by Haliburton's supporting cast of Aaron Nesmith, Andrew Nembhard and Pascal Siakam led to a decisive 12-2 Indiana run capped off by the floor general's final basket.

Wade, of course, knows all about game-winners as the former Finals MVP swished a lot of them in his Hall of Fame career. On Thursday, he gladly dished out the "superstar" tag to Indiana's crunchtime hero.

"Gotta be the shoes": Tyrese Haliburton hypes up signature sneaker after Game 1 heroics

For his part, Haliburton has proven time and time again that he possesses impeccable timing. This attribute has been demonstrated not only by his clutch baskets but also by his witty remarks on social media.

Shortly after hitting the pivotal shot to win Game 1 for the Pacers, Haliburton went on X to let the world know what could have possibly propelled his team to victory.

"It's gotta be the shoooeeesss," he tweeted.

It just so happens that Thursday was the night for unveiling the Hali 1, Haliburton's first signature shoe with Puma. With all the fanfare surrounding his game-winner in Game 1, the Hali 1 might be on its way to becoming a blockbuster hit when it hits shelves in September.

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Simoun Victor Redoblado is an NBA and WNBA journalist at Sportskeeda with over 12 years of experience writing for publications such as Collider, ALL-STAR Magazine, and Sir Charles in Charge.

Simoun has a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education, Major in English and Minor in journalism. Thanks to the journalism courses that he took, Simoun understood the fundamentals of journalistic storytelling in the context of sports writing.

Passionate for the UP Fighting Maroons, Simoun is a fan of the NBA, PBA, UAAP, and FIBA.
His childhood team was the Chicago Bulls and Simoun was a longtime supporter of the Houston Rockets because his friends would say he looked like Yao Ming.

Simoun loves the systematic, tactical movement of the ball and the players, the stories behind each individual competing on the hardcourt and most of all, how basketball is a sport for life and all its struggles and lessons.

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