“Overate THAT.” 

Tyrese Haliburton stuck a dagger in the hearts of Cavaliers fans, hitting the game-winning shot after the Pacers trailed by seven with just under a minute left in a dramatic 120-119 Game 2 victory on Tuesday night in Cleveland.

The clutch moment came on the Pacers’ final possession of the night with Indiana trailing by two. 

Haliburton had Ty Jerome trying to defend him, but was able to get a pull-up jumper off beyond the 3-point arc and watched as it went through the hoop, sucking the air out of Rocket Arena. 

The Cavs had one second left on the clock to inbound the ball, but they weren’t able to make anything happen. 

Haliburton scored 11 of his 19 points, including 2-for-2 from the 3-point line in the final 12 minutes.

After Andrew Nembhard stole an inbounds pass by Cleveland’s Max Strus with 27.5 seconds remaining, Indiana tried to find a potential tying 3-pointer before Haliburton drove inside and got fouled.

He made the first free throw, but missed the second. Haliburton got the offensive rebound and dribbled out to the 3-point line, where he made it from the top of the key.

“I was (ticked) I missed the layup because I couldn’t hang onto the ball, so I backed it out. I just saw Ty Jerome, top of the key and knocked it down,” Haliburton said. “It’s the NBA, crazier things have happened. That’s just what basketball is. We don’t give up and we’re battle tested. We just find a way.”

Indiana trailed by seven with 57.1 seconds left after Donovan Mitchell, who scored 48 points, made a pair of free throws. 

Nevertheless, an Aaron Nesmith dunk cut that deficit to 119-114, and despite Jarrett Allen blocking a driving layup by Haliburton, the Pacers still came up with the rebound.

Pascal Siakam followed with a bucket with 27.1 to go to cut the Cleveland lead to three. 

That set the stage for Haliburton to play the hero.

“Obviously, we got lucky. Ty hit another amazing shot to win the game,” Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. “You don’t see this very often, let alone twice in one week. Tyrese, he came through again. We’re very fortunate.”

Cavaliers fans had been chanting “overrated” at Haliburton during the first half of the game, and the TNT broadcast caught Mitchell trying to stop the crowd from jeering his second-round opponent. 

Cleveland was missing three key players, including two starters. NBA Defensive Player of the Year Evan Mobley (left ankle) and key reserve De’Andre Hunter (right thumb) were injured in Game 1, while Darius Garland (left big toe) missed his fourth straight postseason game.

“I feel like we outplayed them for the majority of the game and then towards the end we had our mental lapses. They capitalized on every single mistake that we made,” said Allen, who had 22 points and 12 rebounds.

The win puts the Pacers ahead 2-0 in the series as things shift to Indiana for Game 3 on Friday.

— with AP