John Haliburton couldn’t bear to look at as his son and Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton needed to be helped off the court docket with a proper leg damage.
The ESPN cameras captured elder Haliburton watching on, placing his palms over his face and searching distraught within the heartbreaking second for each Haliburtons whereas watching Indiana attempt to beat the host Thunder in Sport 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday evening, which the Thunder received 103-91.
John confirmed to ESPN that it was an Achilles damage in a dialog with Lisa Salters late within the second quarter.
“Mr. Haliburton confirmed it is an Achilles injury and he said Tyrese is doing as well as he can be under the circumstances,” Salters reported on air. “The entire family is back there with him. His mom, his dad, his brother. He says that he seems to be in good spirits. He’s watching the game and he’s trying to root on his team from back in the locker room.”
Tyrese Haliburton suffered the devastating damage within the first quarter whereas dribbling with the ball earlier than he fell and was instantly in ache.
The ache was evident as he began banging on the court docket, and the workforce’s coaching workers rushed to his facet.
The Pacers chief needed to be helped to the locker room and was clearly unable to place any stress on his proper leg.
The workforce initially labeled the damage a decrease proper leg damage and that he wouldn’t return to the sport, earlier than John Haliburton confirmed the additional extent of the damage.
After the sport, Haliburton was seen on crutches, greeting his teammates as they dejectedly walked into the locker room following the Sport 7 loss.
Tyrese Haliburton had been coping with a calf damage that he suffered in Sport 5, however was listed as out there for Video games 6 and Sport 7 and mentioned that he wished to play so long as he might stroll.
Haliburton had 9 factors in his seven minutes on the ground earlier than the damage and shot 3-of-5 from the sector.
John Haliburton was thrust into the highlight earlier this postseason after a postgame incident with Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokoumpo in the course of the first spherical.
