'If I can walk, I want to play' - Haliburton on injury that affected Game 5 - video Dailymotion

Tyrese Haliburton says he will continue to make himself available in the NBA Finals despite his leg injury

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00:00How's Tyrese, and do you think, did the leg injury affect him?

00:05It's just how he played today.

00:07He's not 100%.

00:08It's pretty clear, but I don't think he's going to miss the next game.

00:15And we were concerned at halftime, and he insisted on playing.

00:20And I thought he made a lot of really good things happen in the second half.

00:24But he's not 100%, and there's a lot of guys in this series that aren't.

00:29Tyrese, Rick said that there was a discussion at halftime about whether you should keep going or not,

00:34and that you insisted on playing, even though you're obviously laboring.

00:38What went into that decision, and how can you explain kind of how limited you were out there?

00:44I mean, it's NBA Finals.

00:46It's the Finals, man.

00:48I've worked my whole life to be here, and I want to be out there to compete,

00:52help my teammates any way I can.

00:56You know, I was not great tonight by any means, but, you know,

01:00it's not really a thought of mine to not play here.

01:03You know, if I can, you know, walk, then I want to play.

01:07So, you know, they understand that and, you know, is what it is.

01:12And, you know, got to be ready to go for game six.

01:14There it is.