Tyrese Haliburton's Current Injury Status For Heat-Pacers Game
UPDATE: Tyrese Haliburton is available (h/t Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald).
On Sunday evening, the Indiana Pacers will host the Miami Heat in Indianapolis.
For the game, they could be without their best player, as All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton is on the injury report.
Via Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald on Saturday: "The Pacers are listing Tyrese Haliburton as questionable for tomorrow’s big game vs. Heat because of back soreness."
Haliburton has had an excellent season with averages of 20.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 11.0 assists and 1.2 steals per contest while shooting 47.5% from the field and 36.8% from the three-point range in 65 games.
The Pacers are the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 44-34 record in 78 games.
They have gone 6-4 over their last ten games and most recently defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder (at home) by a score of 126-112.
Haliburton finished with eight points, two rebounds, 11 assists and one steal while shooting 3/8 from the field and 2/6 from the three-point range in 36 minutes of playing time.
Following the Heat, the Pacers will play their next game on Tuesday evening when they visit the Toronto Raptors in Canada.
As for Miami, they come into the matchup with a 43-34 record in 77 games, which has them as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.
They have gone 6-4 over their last ten games and most recently beat the Houston Rockets by a score of 119-104.
Following Indiana, the Heat will play their next game on Tuesday evening when they visit the Atlanta Hawks.