Sadly for the Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton needed to go away Recreation 2 within the third quarter on account of an damage in his left hamstring. The staff anticipated him to make his method again to the court docket as they trailed behind Boston, however he didn’t return as his leg was sore.
His coach Rick Carlisle defined how their celebrity had aggravated an damage he had endured earlier within the marketing campaign, and that the staff will consider his situation this Friday. The Indiana medical workers hope he shall be again for Recreation 3 and 4, because the sequence head to Indianapolis.
“He was sore at halftime,” the tactician stated after the sport. “He was getting work performed for everything of halftime. He got here out, gave it a shot and all the hassle that he might. I haven’t talked about it on to him, so I can’t learn minds, nevertheless it wasn’t going properly. The trainers decided he needed to be delivered to the again to be labored on, after which he was dominated out.”
That is the play within the third quarter the place Tyrese Haliburton appeared to endure a leg damage.
He left the sport and was dominated OUT for the rest of Recreation 2 vs. the Celtics 🙏🏽pic.twitter.com/7jbacfe7Nl
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) Could 24, 2024
His teammate Pascal Siakam lamented the truth that his level guard fell to the identical damage that stored him out of 10 matches again in January. “We want Ty, however ‘subsequent man’ mentality,” stated the middle, who scored 28 final night time. “We’ve acquired to play collectively. This staff acquired the place we’re at by enjoying collectively. … It’s on us to proceed.”
Again on January 8, additionally towards the Boston, he slipped and fell and needed to be helped off the court docket. Throughout that stretch with out their essential star, Indiana went 6-4.
His teammates imagine they need to take a much bigger function in his absence. “That’s a time for this group for everybody to step up and take a much bigger function,” stated guard T.J. McConnell. “We’ve performed an excellent job of that when he’s been out. It hurts when he goes down, however a kind of issues the place it’s the ‘subsequent man up’ mentality. Clearly, we’ll see. We haven’t heard something but, however guys will simply must step up and be prepared.”
Rival Jaylen Brown was snubbed off All-NBA groups, whereas Haliburton earned a spot within the third squad
Tyrese not solely posted 25 factors and 10 assists in Recreation 1, he was additionally named to the All-NBA third staff this week. On the opposite facet of the ground, Jaylen Brown wasn’t considered into the honorary end-of-season squads this time, however as an alternative dominated Recreation 2 of this Japanese Convention Finals conflict.
His coach Joe Mazzulla believed his star used this snub as further motivation. “I feel he cares about it in a method that motivates him, and I feel he doesn’t actually care about it in any respect,” stated the tactician after his pupil’s 40-point show. “He understands that profitable is a very powerful factor. He simply cares about the appropriate stuff.”
Now that Haliburton could be out of motion throughout the upcoming video games in Indianapolis, his teammates defined his significance to the Pacers trigger.”He does so many issues for our staff. The place I feel everybody has to maneuver the ball extra and get within the paint extra.
The ball motion simply needs to be on one other degree. He will get 10 assists in his sleep, so it’s onerous for an additional particular person on our staff to copy that. It’s a gaggle effort when he goes all the way down to get the ball and get it transferring,” McConnell insisted.
