Tyrese Haliburton exited the Indiana Pacers’ Sport 2 loss to the Boston Celtics with at the very least his second hamstring damage of the season, and there’s now growing doubt as as to if or not he’ll be capable of return in any respect throughout the NBA Playoffs.
UPDATE (5/27) — The Pacers formally declared Haliburton out for Sport 4.
Tyrese Haliburton is formally out tonight, Rick Carlisle says.
— Tony East (@TonyREast) Might 27, 2024
The Pacers path 0-3 within the sequence. The Pacers will face the Celtics in Sport 4 at 8 p.m. ET in Indiana in a matchup televised on ESPN and ESPN 2.
Authentic story follows.
With the Pacers trailing 0-2 heading into Sport 3 of the Jap Convention Finals, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported that the Pacers would “err on the facet of warning with their franchise star,” and Indiana head coach Rick Carlisle primarily confirmed that on Saturday, saying pregame that whereas Haliburton “desperately needs to play,” the Pacers should not going to let him threat a extra critical damage whereas enjoying via one other hamstring pressure:
Rick Carlisle gives a Tyrese Haliburton replace earlier than any questions are requested on the pregame presser:
“He desperately needs to play.. the choice was taken out of his arms earlier right now.” pic.twitter.com/8Fs2zxvRcN
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzellNBA) Might 25, 2024
Woj’s follow-up report on TV made it sound unlikely at greatest that Haliburton will return for Sport 4, or in any respect this postseason:
UPDATE (5/26) — Carlisle stated after the Pacers’ Sunday observe that he had no updates on whether or not or not his All-Star guard would be capable of return for Sport 4, and the staff formally listed him as questionable to play:
No replace from Rick Carlisle on Tyrese Haliburton right now. The Pacers checked out some stuff on each ends that Carlisle deemed correctable whereas additionally working via the positives they hope to proceed doing effectively.
— Tony East (@TonyREast) Might 26, 2024
First damage report forward of Sport 4:
Kristaps Porzingis: out
Luke Kornet: questionable
Jrue Vacation: questionableTyrese Haliburton: questionable
Bennedict Mathurin: out— Tony East (@TonyREast) Might 26, 2024
Haliburton missed 10 video games earlier this season with the identical damage, and appeared restricted when he returned whereas typically solely enjoying the league-required minimal of 20 minutes to qualify for the NBA’s new 65-game threshold for All-NBA staff eligibility (Haliburton later made the third staff, qualifying him for practically a $41 million bonus on his present supermax contract).
Andrew Nembhard began Sport 3 with Haliburton out, and if he stays sidelined shifting ahead, anticipate the Pacers to proceed to play backup level guard and tremendous sub T.J. McConnell as many minutes as he can deal with till his All-Star backcourt mate returns.
And if this wasn’t clear already after McConnell scored 23 factors to go along with 9 rebounds and 6 assists off the bench to assist the Pacers practically steal Sport 3 with out Haliburton, if there’s anybody prepared with sufficient self-belief to try to shock the world by stealing a win from Boston, it’s him, as our personal Katie Heindl made clear in a latest profile as a part of our ongoing playoffs protection:
“I’ve this factor the place you may management how exhausting you play. So if you cannot give 100%, what are we even doing?”
i profiled the cross stealing, choose you up from 94ft terror, your fav nba participant’s fav menace, the frenetic power that’s t.j. mcconnell https://t.co/GvodMmMRuX
— Katie Heindl (@wtevs) Might 25, 2024
This publish will proceed to replace with the most recent on Haliburton’s standing.
