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Not long after the Pacers began playing in the biggest game in the history of their franchise, they got dealt a terrible blow.
Star guard Tyrese Haliburton, the main catalyst of Indiana's historic playoff run as an underdog, exited Sunday's Game 7 of the NBA Finals with a right lower-leg injury. He had been playing through a right calf strain, and Haliburton appeared to be in a lot of pain while grabbing at the same area as his prior ailment.
It was a stunning loss for the Pacers, who fought to force a decisive Finals game behind Haliburton. Immediately following the star guard's exit, the NBA world, from fans to other stars like LeBron James, reacted to the potential long-term injury for Haliburton.
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Here's a look at how social media reacted to Haliburton's injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
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Tyrese Haliburton exits with injury in Game 7 of NBA Finals
Here's a look at the moment on ESPN's broadcast when Haliburton went down in a lot of pain before exiting the game for good.
Tyrese Haliburton went down with an injury in Game 7. pic.twitter.com/AZ1uk65dFg
— ESPN (@espn) June 23, 2025Reactions to Tyrese Haliburton's injury
As soon as Haliburton was on the floor in pain, plenty of fans were on social media reacting in real-time as the Pacers lost their star guard for the rest of Game 7.
LeBron James reacted with just one NSFW word on X, and other NBA stars also felt for Haliburton.
Prayers up man 🙏🏽
— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) June 23, 2025Ty 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) June 23, 2025These calf strains ain’t no joke man!! Praying for Ty 🙏🏾🙏🏾
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) June 23, 2025Hali😔😔😔😔
— josh giddey (@joshgiddey) June 23, 2025Omg!
— De'Aaron Fox (@swipathefox) June 23, 2025🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Never wanna see that😔
You never want to see that, prayers up 🙏🏽
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) June 23, 2025Damn man smh 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Vince Carter (@mrvincecarter15) June 23, 2025🙏🏽🙏🏽 up for Hali!!! Praying he’s alright 🥺
— Grant Williams (@Grant2Will) June 23, 2025Even those outside of the NBA universe, like NFL athletes, reacted to Haliburton's injury.
Prayers up man… 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) June 23, 2025Sickening… Sending Prayers @TyHaliburton22 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
— Maxx Crosby (@CrosbyMaxx) June 23, 2025That’s brutal
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) June 23, 2025A ton of NBA media members also felt for Haliburton immediately, watching as the biggest moment of the guard's career was taken away from him due to injury.
I’m sick@TyHaliburton22, we appreciate the hell out of you man
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) June 23, 2025NOOOOOOOO
— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) June 23, 2025oh my god
— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) June 23, 2025You wait your whole life for this moment, against all odds, and then just like that, it’s taken away. Just a gut punch to what has been a tremendous Finals. Hoping for the best for Haliburton. https://t.co/euxEQJ8eGa
— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) June 23, 2025Oh no Haliburton
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) June 23, 2025No no no
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) June 23, 2025This sucks so much.
— Caitlin Cooper (@C2_Cooper) June 23, 2025Injuries absolutely, positively SUCK and ruin everything ... https://t.co/TMwp7uurHd
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 23, 2025Come on
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 23, 2025Win or lose, Tyrese Haliburton will forever be a Pacers legend for literally putting his body on the line.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) June 23, 2025The sentiment among fans was the same, all feeling heartbroken for Haliburton in Game 7.
I’m devastated. No words
— HaliMuse (@hali_muse) June 23, 2025That looked exactly like KD praying for the best man
— Pranav Sriraman (@PranavSriraman) June 23, 2025Oh my goodness.
I hope that isn’t what it looks like for Haliburton.
Eerily similar to Tatum.
Tyrese Haliburton was about to have a generational game before he got hurt 💔 pic.twitter.com/xaKvjJohFJ
— Mark Jackson’s Burner (@casualtakeking) June 23, 2025
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