Halliburton becomes the second Tatum!

In the first quarter of the NBA Finals Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the obviously emotional Tyres Halliburton was helped off the court after an injury to his lower right leg.

The Indiana Pacers star's father, John Halliburton, told ESPN's Lisa Saltes that it was an Achilles injury (breaking Achilles tendon)

Haliburton did not put heavy objects on his leg and wrapped his face with a towel when he was taken to the locker room for evaluation. The Pacers later announced that he would not be back.

Halliburton kept playing with a strained right calf, but when he tried to rush to the basket with 4 minutes and 55 seconds left, he fell to the ground with a non-contact injury. He immediately started slapping the court in frustration, still staying on the floor while almost the entire Pacers were surrounding him. Halliburton made himself this year, and the next Tatum recovered with a calf strain in Game 5 of the Finals, Halliburton insisted on playing through injuries, saying: "If I could walk, I want to play." The day before Game 7, Halliburton admitted after practice that his legs were "stiff and still painful," but he planned to stick to it.

25-year-old Halliburton performed well in the playoffs, leading the Indiana team to the Finals almost impossible. In all four rounds, he made shots to equalize or win games in the final seconds, the first player in NBA history to do that in a single playoff game.

entered Sunday, and averaged 17.7 points per game and shot 46% from three-pointers, making it the 9.0 assists leading the playoffs. His 197 assists also set a team's single playoff record.

Halliburton is lucky

According to previous ESPN reporter Woj, the Indiana Pacers and Thales Halliburton reached an early contract renewal agreement, and the two parties signed a five-year maximum salary contract worth 260 million yuan. This contract took effect only in the 24-25 season, with an average salary of up to 52 million yuan.