Indiana Pacers Waiting Tyrese Haliburton Links Game 7 of the NBA final in the first quarter with a right leg injury.

The Pacers announced during the second quarter that Haliburton would not return with what they call “a lower right leg injury”, according to the ABC broadcast.

After receiving a pass near the top of the key, Haliburton began dribbling before collapsing on the floor when he lost control of the ball. He repeatedly beat the court in front of a time -out in pain.

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He was taken away from the floor with the help of teammates without putting any pressure on his right leg.

Haliburton started quickly before the injury. He scored nine points in seven minutes and shot 3-from-4 of the 3-point series.

In Indiana’s 22 play -offs entering on Sunday, Haliburton averaged 17.7 points, 9 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game. He was an important catalyst for the Pacers’ success after the season and led several comebacks through the four rounds.

In game 1 of the final, He hit the win-win-shot by 0.3 seconds left.

Haliburton has played with a right calf tribe through the last two games of the series. He was observed earlier in the series, and he seems to worsen the calf in Game 5.

“I’m a lot in the same point of view I was before Game 6,” Haliburton said the day before Game 7. “A little stiff, a little sore, rather. Okay, I just had to play 23 minutes. I could get even more treatment and do more things. Just to take care of the best I can. ‘

After match 6, which won the Pacers 108-91 to avoid elimination, Haliburton said he would play as long as he could walk.

“I just look at it, because I want to be there to compete with my brothers. These are guys that I am willing to go to war, and we had such a special year, and we have a special band as a group, and you know, I think I’ll defeat myself if I don’t give it a chance, ‘Haliburton said.

“I just want to be there and fight and just had to have an honest conversation with Coach, you know, if I didn’t look like me and the team hurt, as I sat down. Obviously, I want to be on the floor. But I want to win more than anything. ‘