Tyrese Haliburton On Playing Through Sore Calf In Game 5 If I Can Walk Then I Want To Play

Tyrese Haliburton performed by a sore proper calf through the second half of the Indiana Pacers’ 120-109 loss to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder in Recreation 5 on Monday evening. 

Haliburton, who completed with 4 factors on 0-for-6 capturing from the sector, went to the locker room early within the sport.

Haliburton returned within the second quarter with the calf wrapped and performed within the second half regardless of considerations that he reaggravated the harm.

“It is the Finals,” Haliburton mentioned. “I’ve labored my entire life to be right here and I wish to be on the market to compete, assist my teammates any method I can.

“I used to be not nice tonight by any means, nevertheless it’s probably not a considered mine to not play right here. If I can stroll, then I wish to play.”

Haliburton suffered a proper ankle harm in Recreation 2 and acknowledged that the present harm was in the identical space. 

With the Pacers down 3-2 within the sequence, Rick Carlisle mentioned after the Recreation 5 loss that he didn’t anticipate Haliburton to overlook any time.

“[Haliburton’s] not one hundred percent,” Carlisle mentioned. “There’s a number of guys within the sequence that are not.

“It is a lifetime alternative. Not many guys are going to sit down, even when they’re a bit banged up. In case you’re injured, that is a special story. However we’ll consider every thing with Tyrese and see how he wakes up tomorrow.”

Haliburton completed with six assists and 7 rebounds, although his six complete drives in Recreation 5 had been his fewest in a sport this postseason.

Haliburton added that the Pacers must proceed discovering methods to win forward of Thursday’s Recreation 6.

“We have had our backs in opposition to the wall many alternative occasions over the past two years and needed to discover alternative ways to win,” he mentioned. “The best way that this yr has gone, no one mentioned this was going to be candy.”