Cyclones in the NBA: Week 5

Tyrese Haliburton and Talen Horton-Tucker had their best weeks of the season, as Georges Niang and the Cavs were dealt their second loss of the season.

Tyrese Haliburton - #0, Indiana Pacers (9-10)
Tyrese and the Pacers each had their strongest week of the season, as the All-NBA player averaged over 25 points per game and the team is riding a three-game win streak, its longest of the year.

Haliburton had his second and third-highest scoring outputs of the season during this four-game stretch. He had 34 points and 13 assists against New Orleans while having 28 points and 10 assists against Portland. Those were his sixth and seventh double-doubles of the season.

Tyrese Haliburton over the last 4 games:

25.3 PPG
10.3 APG
3.8 RPG
1.8 SPG
47.1 FG%
46.9 3P%

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Haliburton's Week: 25.3 PPG, 10.3 APG, 3.8 RPG
Next Week: vs. DET (11/29), @ MEM (12/1), @ TOR (12/3), @ BKN (12/4)

Talen Horton-Tucker - #22, Chicago Bulls (8-12)
Horton-Tucker strung together three-consecutive games of double-figure scoring, doubling his games scoring in double-figures on the year. His last time out, at Orlando, Talen earned a season-high 20 points in 13 minutes.

THT also had 10 points against Memphis and 13 points at Washington this week. He had a season-best five assists against the Grizzlies and shot an elite 76.2 percent from the field and 62.5 from beyond the arc across the three-game stint.

Horton-Tucker's Week: 14.3 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 2.7 APG
Next Week: vs. ATL (11/22), vs. MEM (11/23), @ WAS (11/26), @ ORL (11/27)

Georges Niang - #20, Cleveland Cavaliers (17-2)
Niang and the Cavaliers had just two games on the week, splitting them, beating Toronto but falling to Atlanta. Niang had just ten points across the two contests, but tied a season-high with eight boards against the Hawks.

Niang's Week: 5 PPG, 6 RPG, 1 APG
Next Week: @ ATL (11/29), vs. BOS (12/1), vs. WAS (12/3)

Monté Morris - #23, Phoenix Suns (10-8)
Morris saw action in one of just two Suns' games this week, recording one assist in three minutes of action in a win against the Lakers.

Morris's Week: 1 GP, 0-1 FG, 1 AST
Next Week: vs. GSW (11/30), vs. SAS (12/3)

Nationally Televised Cyclones this Week
Nov. 29 – Cavaliers at Hawks – NBA TV
Nov. 30 – Warriors at Suns – NBA TV
Dec. 1 – Celtics at Cavaliers – NBA TV

G League Check-In
Izaiah Brockington - #23, Birmingham Squadron (6 GP)
Stats: 19.0 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 3.5 APG

Tre King - #1, Sioux Falls Sky Force (4 GP)
Stats: 6 PPG, 3 RPG, 0.5 APG

Hason Ward - #2, Maine Celtics (7 GP)
Stats: 7.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 1.3 APG, 3.3 BPG

Solomon Young - #21, South Bay Lakers (6 GP)
Stats: 2.8 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 0.2 APG

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Players Mentioned

Tre King

Hason Ward

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