Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton will play in Sport 6 of the NBA Finals, regardless of a strained proper calf.
Haliburton’s standing was questionable after injuring himself on a drive throughout Sport 5. With the season — and championship — on the road, he has acquired the inexperienced gentle to play. The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder lead the sequence 3-2 and may clinch the title with a victory.
Simply caught up with Tyrese Haliburton. “I simply needed to hear that it was okay [to play]. That’s all I wanted to listen to, actually. I do know the dangers, I do know every thing that comes with it. Simply needed to hear it was okay.”
— Tony East (@TonyREast) June 19, 2025
Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle addressed the media pre-game relating to the matter.
“Tyrese is gonna play, he was power examined at 5 p.m. and did very properly,” Carlisle mentioned. “Went by means of [the] walk-through, there’s no set minutes restrict. We are going to watch and monitor issues very carefully from the start of the sport by means of the whole lot of the sport. We’ll go from there.”
“Tyrese is gonna play… he was strength-tested at 5pm and did very properly. Went by means of walkthrough, there’s no set minutes restrict. We are going to watch and monitor issues very carefully.”
– Coach Carlisle on Haliburton’s standing in tonight’s must-win Sport 6 pic.twitter.com/CNpD4YF5NX
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When Oklahoma Metropolis head coach Mark Daigneault addressed the media, he indicated Haliburton will obtain the identical respect he at all times does.
“He’s an ideal participant, and that’s one factor we all know, it’s that you simply don’t underestimate nice gamers in these conditions,” he mentioned. “We count on him to come back out and play like an ideal participant would play.”
How Will Thunder Guard Haliburton?
Based mostly on Daigneault’s assertion, it seems as if Luguentz Dort will hold the task on Haliburton. He has face-guarded Haliburton nearly all sequence, so count on that to proceed.
There have been stretches in Sport 5 the place that didn’t really feel mandatory. Haliburton was a whole shell of himself and completely unassertive. One can see the sense, although, within the Thunder wanting to keep up their very own depth degree and never giving even the slightest little bit of confidence to Haliburton.
Indiana will definitely be glad it could actually depend on Haliburton on this essential sport, however it stays to be seen how efficient he’ll be. Past him, the Pacers will nonetheless want robust performances from Andrew Nembhard, T.J. McConnell and Ben Sheppard on the guard spots.
Depth has been the story for the Pacers all postseason and this will likely be their largest take a look at but.
