May 24, 2024, 18:34 ET
Indiana Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton was listed as questionable for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals due to left hamstring soreness.
The All-Star of the Indiana Pacers, Tyrese Haliburtonwas listed as questionable for the Game 3 of the confrontation of Eastern Conference finals of the team against the Boston Celtics Saturday due to left hamstring soreness.
Tyrese Haliburton He scored 10 points and played just eight minutes in the second half before leaving Indiana’s 126-110 loss in Game 2 on Thursday because of hamstring soreness. He was out for the entire fourth quarter.
Tyrese Haliburton He also suffered what Pacers coach Rick Carlisle described as a chest injury that occurred during a first-half collision with Boston’s Jaylen Brown.
Meanwhile, the Celtics’ injury report released Friday put the center Kristaps Porzingis (right soleus strain) as was already Luke Kornet (left wrist sprain) in doubt.
Porzingis, out since suffering a calf injury in Game 4 against the Miami Heat on April 30, could return to these Eastern Conference playoffs as soon as Game 4 on Monday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. The Celtics won’t rush Porzingis back and want to remain conservative in his recovery, but sources say he is getting closer to a return.
The injury of Tyrese Haliburton It’s a recurrence of a left hamstring strain he suffered on Jan. 8 against the Celtics when he slipped and fell and had to be helped off the court. The Pacers They went 6-4 during that stretch.
“I was sore at halftime,” Carlisle said of his hamstring. Tyrese Haliburton after Thursday’s game. “He was working the entire halftime. He came out and tried and gave every effort he could. I haven’t talked to him directly about it, so I can’t read minds, but it wasn’t going well. The coaches determined they had him. to take back to work and then they discarded it.
ESPN’s Jamal Collier and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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