Impact of Tyrese Haliburton's Injury on NBA Finals Outcome

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00:00But if Tyrese Halliburton is playing at 50%, I mean, the series is a wrap.

00:05I mean, even if he doesn't go off for like 25, 10 or anything like that,

00:09I mean, I think he's got to have a major factor on the court.

00:12And from watching Rick Carlisle last night, I'm not sure that he will.

00:16Yeah, it's tough.

00:17I understand where Tyrese Halliburton is coming from.

00:19It's the NBA finals.

00:20You want to be available for your team.

00:22But at a certain point, you're starting to be a detriment to your team.

00:25And it seems like he just was not himself.

00:26He had that calf injury earlier in the game, and it impacted basically his approach for the remainder of the game.

00:32And not to go as far as to say they were playing four on five, but he just could not be himself.

00:36And we saw T.J. McConnell get the Pacers out of that hole.

00:39But when they brought the starters back in, they fell right back into it.

00:43So hopefully he has these two days, Tuesday and Wednesday, to rest and get back to himself.

00:46Because as you said, if he's at 50%, they have no chance.

00:50But if he can get back to 75%, 80% and get some points on the board, make some field goals,

00:55then it makes a little bit of a difference.

00:56But the fact that he only scored four points from the free-throw line in Game 5

00:59was basically the reason why they had to guard them a certain way, and he couldn't do much.