By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
Welcoming all club sport submissions
When it comes to our sports coverage at the Guthrie County Times Vedette, we have been committed to covering all school-sanctioned sports. For example, baseball and softball seasons are currently in full swing, and we gather those results to share with our readers.
As for club sports, that can be tricky. As I stated before when I learned about Panorama’s trap shooting team, following can be a challenge. For that club alone, when we were trying to confirm the dates of its state competition, we found two separate organizations/leagues that Panorama could have been competing in.
The best way for us to bring these results to you is through submissions, which we welcome. We have posted them in the past for the Guthrie County Barracuda Swimmers, and now with the trap shooting program. Feel free to send any results, news or photos to me directly at cyote@dmcityview.com, and I will share with our readers.
Halliburton does it again
As I mentioned a few times, basketball is one of my favorite sports. I played in YMCA leagues at a young age, for my middle school and high school teams, and still play pickup at least once a week with friends. Derrick Rose becoming the youngest MVP is NBA history led me to becoming a Chicago Bulls fan, and I have been cursed to watch some less-than-stellar hoops ever since.
This is where being an Iowa State fan has served to my benefit. I understand the frustrations from some of you more seasoned Cyclone fans, and I’ve certainly had my share of trials and tribulations with the programs, too, but even the most cynical ISU fan must admit that the basketball and football programs have been flying high as of late. In steps Tyrese Halliburton.
Coming out of high school, Halliburton was a skinny, three star guard out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with an awkward jump shot. His two years at ISU weren’t the craziest in terms of team success, but he did cement himself as a player with a future in the NBA. Now, he is helping produce one of the most unlikely championship runs the NBA has ever seen.
Halliburton and his Indiana Pacers tore through the Eastern Conference during the playoffs, pulling off improbable win after improbable win. They just picked up another in the first game of the NBA Finals thanks to Halliburton. Watch it HERE. How improbable was it? Entering tonight, teams were 0-182 when trailing by 9 or more points in the final three minutes of an NBA finals game since 1971. Make that 1-182.
It’s not the first time he has been clutch this post season, either. Halliburton has hit four game-tying or go-ahead shots in the final five seconds of games. As a matter of fact, he has been doing it all season. On shots to take the lead or tie in the last two minutes of games this season, Halliburton is 13/15 or 86.67%. That’s an impressive stat-line for any game, but he is shooting the lights out during the most important moments. Watch every single one of those shots, HERE.
If those numbers don’t jump off the page for you, here’s something that might. Halliburton is the ONLY player with three go-ahead shots in the final five seconds in a single postseason. That’s more than Kobe Bryant had in his entire career. Since the play-by-play era began in 1996, there’s only one player with more than Haliburton: Lebron James. Game two is on Sunday.
Reach out with your thoughts, comments and ideas to cyote@dmcityview.com.