{"id":2690,"date":"2025-07-17T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/2690\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:53:09","slug":"haliburton-joins-grim-club-of-achilles-tendon-injuries-in-nba-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/2690\/","title":{"rendered":"Haliburton joins grim club of Achilles tendon injuries in NBA playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/indiana-pacers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> star Tyrese Haliburton has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, the team confirmed Monday, in a devastating end to his postseason run and a likely blow to his 2025\u201326 campaign. <\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old point guard will undergo surgery in New York with Dr. Martin O\u2019Malley and is expected to face a lengthy rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred early in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, where Haliburton collapsed untouched while driving to the basket just over seven minutes into the first quarter. The Pacers went on to lose 91-103 to the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/oklahoma-city-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, who claimed their first NBA title.<br \/>\u2014 TheNBACentel (@TheNBACentel) <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNBACentel\/status\/1936943831435415673\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>Haliburton had been playing through a calf strain during the Finals, hoping to lead the Pacers to its first championship. The situation drew comparisons to Kevin Durant\u2019s 2019 Finals injury &#8211; when he also played through a calf issue before tearing his Achilles.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live EventsThe Pacers\u2019 star becomes the third major NBA player this postseason to suffer an Achilles tear, joining Boston\u2019s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/jayson-tatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> and Milwaukee\u2019s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/damian-lillard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Damian Lillard<\/a> in a troubling trend of high-profile injuries. All three now face uncertain timelines for their return next season.<br \/>Haliburton was a standout performer throughout the playoffs, averaging 17.7 points and a league-best 9.0 assists per game. His injury sent shockwaves through the league, with Golden State\u2019s Draymond Green reacting on social media: &#8220;Damn man\u2026 smh too familiar.&#8221;<br \/>\u2014 GameInjuryDoc (@GameInjuryDoc) <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameInjuryDoc\/status\/1936981671360020726\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>Pacers coach <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/rick-carlisle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rick Carlisle<\/a> expressed heartbreak after the game, saying, &#8220;What happened with Tyrese, all of our hearts dropped. But he will be back. I believe he\u2019ll make a full recovery.&#8221;<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, the team confirmed Monday, in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[3554,49,48,3557,2697,3556,459,2699,3555,3558,82,3553],"class_list":{"0":"post-2690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-achilles-tendon-tear","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-damian-lillard","12":"tag-indiana-pacers","13":"tag-jayson-tatum","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-playoffs","16":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","17":"tag-rick-carlisle","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-tyrese-haliburton-injury"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}