{"id":9657,"date":"2025-06-24T03:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9657\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T03:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T03:05:08","slug":"star-guard-tyrese-haliburton-tears-right-achilles-tendon-pacers-confirm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9657\/","title":{"rendered":"Star guard Tyrese Haliburton tears right Achilles tendon, Pacers confirm"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Though he was injured in Game 7, Tyrese Haliburton proves that it’s possible to win different ways in today’s NBA.<\/p>\n

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)<\/strong> \u2014 Tyrese Haliburton took the Indiana Pacers to heights few thought possible after they started this season with a 10-15 record.<\/p>\n

Getting back might take some time after team officials confirmed Monday that the two-time All-Star\u00a0tore his right Achilles tendon<\/a>\u00a0in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, an injury that could cost Haliburton all of next season.<\/p>\n

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Tyrese Haliburton suffered an injury to his right Achilles tendon during last night’s game at Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

An MRI taken today that confirmed he tore his right Achilles tendon and surgery is scheduled for later today.<\/p>\n

More info: https:\/\/t.co\/DD5ZCgPA6F<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OINPMODzPh<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) June 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The announcement casts a pall on his\u00a0historic postseason run, which included a litany of incredible plays, buzzer-beating winners and occasionally unprecedented stat lines, and it helped propel the Pacers to their second NBA Finals appearance and within one victory of the franchise\u2019s first championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn MRI taken on Monday confirmed that Haliburton tore his right Achilles tendon. Surgery is scheduled later today with Dr. Martin O\u2019Malley at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York,\u201d<\/strong> the team said.<\/p>\n

Coach Rick Carlisle still believes that when Haliburton heals he will be every bit as good \u2014 whenever that may be.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will be back,\u201d<\/strong> Carlisle said following\u00a0the 103-91 loss at Oklahoma City. \u201cI don\u2019t have any medical information about what\u2019s what, what may or may not have happened. But he\u2019ll be back in time, and I believe he\u2019ll make a full recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

A healthy Haliburton certainly makes the Pacers a stronger team. They likely wouldn\u2019t have made it this far without him helping to orchestrate three incredible rallies from seven points down in the final 50 seconds of regulation in three weeks.<\/p>\n

But after scoring nine points, all on 3-pointers, in the first seven minutes of the biggest game in franchise history, Haliburton\u2019s crash to the floor and sudden departure created a double whammy for Indiana.<\/p>\n

Not only did they lose their leader, but Indiana also fell short in its title chase. Again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just kept battling because we wanted to make Indiana proud, make our fans proud,\u201d<\/strong> three-time All-Star Pascal Siakam said. \u201cWe tried our best, but we\u2019ve got to be strong. It\u2019s hard to look forward into the future after you lose like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

But everyone else is, and the questions about Haliburton\u2019s playing status could make this offseason murkier than expected for Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard.<\/p>\n

There are silver linings, though.<\/p>\n

At age 25, Haliburton is young enough to return to his pre-injury form and today\u2019s medical advances could help shorten the expected timetable of about 12 months.<\/p>\n

Many players, including some much older than Haliburton, have shown it is possible to make a full comeback from torn Achilles tendons, and Siakam has no doubt Haliburton will join the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there\u2019s more coming, it\u2019s just a tough a situation,\u201d<\/strong> Siakam said. \u201cI think back a couple of years and basketball was just not fun, you know, and I got traded here and these guys, they just gave me a boost and playing with these guys is so incredible. I found joy with so much swagger and happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s unlikely to change regardless of Haliburton\u2019s health because his effusive, contagious personality even in the face of adversity will continue to be a key feature for Indiana. Players such as Siakam won\u2019t allow that to change.<\/p>\n

But Indiana also will begin next season with a strong supporting cast intact and room to grow defensively.<\/p>\n

Indiana\u2019s deep rotation routinely wore down playoff opponents with its racer-like tempo, a model it could replicate again next season as it has done each of the previous two even when Haliburton didn\u2019t play.<\/p>\n

Nine of Indiana\u2019s top 10 players are under contract for 2025-26, with starting center Myles Turner the lone exception. Indiana\u2019s longest-tenured player has a cap hold estimated at slightly less than $30 million, meaning if he re-signs for something close, Indiana would be barely moving into the first apron and could stay out of that spending threshold with another move.<\/p>\n

The Pacers also have strong guard play from Andrew Nembhard and T.J. McConnell, who can run the show, as well as emerging defender Ben Sheppard.<\/p>\n

Aaron Nesmith and Bennedict Mathurin also demonstrated their scoring prowess in the postseason. Both also showed they can defend guards and forwards, giving Indiana perhaps the toughness and flexibility to overcome a Haliburton absence.<\/p>\n

And Haliburton\u2019s absence could create more minutes for young players such as Mathurin, Sheppard and forward Jarace Walker, a lottery pick in 2023.<\/p>\n

For now, though, it remains hard to fathom \u2014 chasing a title with Haliburton possibly out for most, if not all, of next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of us were hurting from the loss and he was up there consoling us. That\u2019s who Tyrese Haliburton is,\u201d<\/strong> McConnell said. \u201cHe\u2019s just the greatest.\u201d<\/p>\n