Tyrese Haliburton posts 1st triple-double, Pacers top Celtics

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INDIANAPOLIS -- After missing Saturday's win over the Miami Heat with an upper respiratory infection, Indiana Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton didn't look like himself in the first half of Monday's In-Season Tournament quarterfinal here against the Boston Celtics.

"The first half, I was dead," Haliburton would say later.

So, at halftime, Haliburton -- at the behest of the training staff -- did something he's never done before: he used an inhaler.

As a result, when the second half started, he looked like himself again -- and the Pacers looked like a totally different team. And, behind Haliburton's first career triple-double -- 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists…