INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton would not be playing on Thursday if this were a regular season game. He probably would be sidelined for a week or two if this was December or January.
But this is June. It's the NBA Finals. The Indiana Pacers' season is on the line. That's why — even with a strained right calf — Haliburton is trying to find any way possible to play in the win-or-else Game 6 that awaits against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday . Will the Pacers' star guard and Olympic gold medalist play or not? That's the big question going into Game 6, and there probably won't be an answer until a few hours before the 8:40 p.m.
'Our prep session is tomorrow late afternoon. They'll get together and do some testing. That will determine whether he plays or not. If he doesn't play, we have a plan, obviously, if we're without him.' Haliburton is trying every treatment he can think of right now in order to help his strained right calf, a diagnosis that was confirmed by an MRI exam on Tuesday. Hyperbaric chambers, needles, massage, electronic stimulation, special tape. Whatever it takes.
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