Indiana Paise Star Tieres Heliberton, playing through an injury, tolerated a terrible night in Game 5 of the NBA final on Monday.
Heliberton recalled all his six-field-gol efforts during the end in 34 minutes with four points, seven rebounds and six assistance as pacers lost 120–109 to hosts Oklahoma City Thunder.
ESPN reported in Haftime that Haliberton was playing with a calf tightness in his right leg, on the same leg on which he had injured his ankle in the previous competition.
After the pacers trailing 3–2 in the best chain, Indiana coach Rick Carlisley said of Heliburton, “That’s not 100 percent. It’s not very clear. But I don’t think he is not going to miss the next game.
“We were worried on Haftime. He insisted on playing. I felt that he had made a lot of good things in the second half. But he is not 100 percent. There are many people in this series who are not.”
The final had 17.8 points, 7.5 assistance and six rebound average in the final before Monday. He gave a dagger jump shot to sink the thunder on his home court in Game 1 as Pesters won 111–110.
-Bield level media
