LeBron James -- who's been active on X (formerly Twitter) as of late with the Los Angeles Lakers out of the postseason -- has also taken note. "Hali fkn hooping!!!!" he wrote. "Where the lames who said he was overrated??!! Quiet as hell. That boy NICE and even more someone everyone would love to play with!"

Tyrese Haliburton got hot in the second quarter and one of the world's greatest basketball players was taking notice.

LeBron James doesn’t usually go out of his way to defend opposing players. But after watching Tyrese Haliburton torch the Cleveland Cavaliers in a dominant Game 5 win, he couldn’t stay quiet. The Indiana Pacers guard put on a clinic,