'Our hearts go out to him' - Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle hails Tyrese Haliburton's heroic run in season, calls team's efforts defiant fight after championship loss
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle hails Tyrese Haliburton's heroic run in season, calls team's efforts defiant fight after championship loss (Image Credit: Getty Images)
The Indiana Pacers' coach, Rick Carlisle, addressed reporters after Game 7. They lost the game to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The disappointed coach hailed Tyrese Haliburton's heroic run throughout the season and refused to comment on his injury.
Haliburton suffered an injury during the game and was seen shaking hands with the roster while standing with the help of crutches after the game.
Rick Carlisle appreciated Tyrese Haliburton's performance in season after Game 7 loss
The Indiana Pacers coach was not happy. He was worried too. After all, his team dropped the final game and lost the trophy. Sad and disappointed by losing the championship, he addressed the reporters after the game. During the presser, he did not hold back his thoughts about injured Tyrese Haliburton and praised his performance in the season. He said:
'It was really moving, um, what happened with Tyrese is, uh, just all of our hearts dropped.
But he will be back.'
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He opened up about the injury, but didn't share many details, saying, 'Um I don't have any medical information about what may or may not have happened, but he'll be back in time and, um, I believe he'll make a full recovery.'
Recapping Haliburton's season, Rick said, 'He authored one of the great um individual playoff runs in the history of the NBA with dramatic play after dramatic play. It was just something that no one's ever seen um and I did it as one of 17, you know.
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That's the beautiful thing about him, um, as great a player as he is. It's always a team thing, and so, um, our hearts uh go out to him.'
Haliburton suffered an injury, which disturbed the coach and teammates. The star guard had a phenomenal run in the 2025 season. Aside from his performances, his 'choke gesture' became the high point of the season and
inspired a fan's tattoo design,
too.
Indiana Pacers coach stood by his team, highlighting roster's indomitable spirit
The Indiana Pacers' performances were full of character throughout the season, undoubtedly. They even got the tag of the 'best comeback team' from stars like Caitlin Clark. The Pacers' coach summed up the whole season, highlighting the fourth quarter battles and the team's spirit to keep trying till the end. He said:
'They made some great plays, and um, you know, we got off to a slow start and and that quarter was the killer, and then, but I you know, to me the fourth quarter.
The effort that our guys poured into the fourth quarter to win the quarter by one point um was epic, and it was just it was symbolic of what this team stands for, um, what basketball in Indiana stands for.'
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Further, he continued, 'And that there was, um, there was no surrender, it was just uh you know it was all defiant fight till the end. So, I told these guys coming into this that, you know, there's no feel-good scenario when you get to the finals and are unable to get it done, and it really hurts on the one hand…'
Despite the loss, Pacers coach backed his team and said, 'On the other hand, this team has given us all of Pacer Nation something to be very proud of.'
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The Pacers' coach was quite right in uplifting the spirit of the heartbroken team that lost the championship. The team played really well throughout the season and did not make it easy for the Thunder to claim the title.
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