Pacers President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard said Monday that he has no doubt Haliburton, “will be back better than ever,” but not next season.
Kellogg, Stipanovich and Granger didn’t experience specific injuries; they had the misfortune of being stuck with knees with early expiration dates.
The Milwaukee Bucks waived nine-time All-Star Damian Lillard to make the acquisition happen, according to Associated Press sources.
The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night.
Game 7 was the most-watched finals game internationally ever on NBA League Pass, the league said.
Haliburton’s surgery to repair the tendon was performed Monday by Dr. Martin O’Malley at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, the Pacers said.
The seven games of the series were the most-watched television broadcasts since the first week of May.
Getting back might take some time after team officials confirmed Monday that the two-time All-Star tore his right Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, an injury that could cost Haliburton all of next season.
Rapper-singer The Kid Laroi and sitcom star Cedric the Entertainer lead the lineup for the WNBA All-Star Weekend event, produced in conjunction with Hartbeat, a company founded by comedian, actor and entrepreneur Kevin Hart.
The nine-week playoff run led to a significant financial boost for local hotels and an increase in visitor traffic to restaurants and attractions.
Haliburton was outside the locker room at the end of the NBA Finals, a walking boot on his right leg, standing on crutches, greeting his teammates as they came off the floor at the end of their season.
More than 12,000 people were expected to attend a Game 7 watch party at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The Indiana team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals and took Chicago to seven games in 1998 might be sexier, but the 2000 squad had the guts and clutch shooting to go farther.
A back-and-forth title matchup will end on Sunday night with an ultimate game, the first winner-take-all contest in the NBA Finals since 2016.
Away from downtown Indianapolis, hundreds of Pacers fans gathered to watch—and celebrate—the Pacers’ pivotal 108-91 win.
The Pacers forced Game 7 in the NBA Finals with a 108-91 victory over the Thunder.
Facing their first elimination game in the playoffs, the host Pacers rose to the occasion, forcing a winner-take-all contest Sunday night in Oklahoma.
The Indiana Pacers slogan has become both a ubiquitous sight and sound across Indianapolis amid the team’s NBA Finals run.
It’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals, with the Oklahoma City Thunder leading the Indiana Pacers 3-2 in the title series. Game 6 is in Indianapolis and Game 7, if necessary, will be Sunday in Oklahoma.
Tyrese Haliburton is trying every treatment he can think of right now in order to help his strained right calf, a diagnosis that was confirmed by an MRI exam on Tuesday.
