ESPN.com · Jun 24, 2025
Haliburton on playing through calf strain: 'I'd do it again'
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Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton said he didn't regret playing through a calf strain that led to him tearing his right Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
"I'd do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers," Haliburton wrote in an emotional statement posted to social media Monday night. "For the chance to do something special."
Haliburton suffered the calf strain in Game 5 and, despite being listed as a game-time decision, played on it in Game 6. After making it through that game unscathed, Haliburton again took the court in Game 7 but crumpled to the floor on an attempted drive to the basket with 4:55 remaining in the opening quarter.