Pacers star curse? Harry is suspected of severely injured in Achilles tendon George once had a horrible fracture of & Audi s knee

In the finals tiebreak game ended today, Halliburton withdrew from the game early in the first quarter due to a strained right calf; he fell to the ground while kicking off the ground, and his right calf was vibrated significantly. Many media people speculated that Halliburton was most likely to suffer from a ruptured Achilles tendon.

In recent years, from Granger and George to Oladipo and Halliburton, the Pacers' leading stars seem to be unable to get rid of the curse of injury. Today, Lao Zhen will review the sad injuries that those Pacers' leading stars have:

Danny Granger

At the 2005 draft, Granger was selected by the Pacers in the 17th pick and took the second season of his career. He stabilized his starting position and became the team's number one scorer in the post-Reggie Miller era in the third season, averaging 19.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in the 2007-08 season; in the 2008-09 season, Granger and the Pacers renewed their contract with a five-year, $65 million contract, and made 182 three-pointers throughout the season, ranking third in the Pacers' history, averaging 25.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, winning the fastest-progressive player of the season and being selected into the All-Star lineup.

In the 2011-12 season, in the second round of the playoff series against the Heat, the two sides tied 2-2 in the first four games. In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Granger accidentally landed unsteadily during a shot, resulting in his season reimbursement; in the following offseason, Granger suffered another knee injury in training, and announced an indefinite quit.

In the 2012-13 season, Granger only played 5 games. After he returned to the team, the Pacers' core also changed from him to Paul George, and was traded by the Pacers to the 76ers in 2014 and bought out, and then he rarely performed well. In 2015, Granger was released after being cut by the Pistons, and he was only 32 years old at that time. In the rookie season, George handed over a record of 7.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Then, in the 2012-13 season, the team's forward Granger was absent indefinitely, and George also took on the team's heavy responsibility; and in the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals, George led the Pacers to seven games with the Heat led by the Big Three, and finally lost.

In the 2014 US Men's Basketball Team Group Confrontation, because the basketball hoop on the field was too close to the bottom line, George accidentally hit the basketball hoop during a chasing and suffered a serious fracture in his right calf, and the game was terminated. After brief treatment, George was immediately taken to the hospital for surgery and was diagnosed with an open tibial + fibula fracture.

This injury left George absent for 247 days. On April 6, 2015, George completed his comeback in the Pacers' home game against the Heat, staged a scene of returning to the king. In the 2017-18 season, Oladipo was traded by the Thunder to the Pacers. In the first season of the Pacers, he averaged 23.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 steals per game. He was selected as the Double First Team of the season and was elected as the fastest-progress player of the season.

On January 24, 2019, Oladipo, who was at his peak, suffered a devastating blow: in the game against the Raptors, Oladipo suffered a serious injury in his knee without any confrontation and was carried out on a stretcher. After examination, he was diagnosed with a ruptured tendon of the right quadriceps muscle.

This injury left Oladipo absent for nearly a year. On January 30, 2020, Oladipo made a comeback against the Bulls, but he did not perform well since then, and began his own wandering journey, and he went to the Rockets and the Heat, and suffered a tear of the left knee patellar tendon again in the 2023-24 season.

In 2024, Oladipo was immediately traded to the Grizzlies after returning to the Rockets for the second time, and was later laid off to this day.

Tyres Halliburton

In 2022, the Kings and Pacers reached a deal. Sabonis Jr. and Halliburton exchanged their bosses. Looking back now, there is no doubt that this is a win-win deal; the Kings established Sabonis Jr. as the core and built a system lineup around him. After coming to the Pacers, Halliburton also realized his talent, leading the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Finals for at least two consecutive years, and even made it to the finals this year.

In the playoffs this season, Halliburton staged a key ball scene many times, and in the finals G1 also hit a key mid-range shot, helping the Pacers take the lead away. Unfortunately, Halliburton suffered a right calf strain in the finals.

Even though he was injured, Halliburton still chose to play with injuries and led the team to drag the series into tiebreak at home in G6; but in the first quarter of the tiebreak battle, Halliburton fell to the ground without any confrontation in a breakthrough, and his right calf was vibrated significantly. Many media people speculated that Halliburton was most likely to suffer from a ruptured Achilles tendon.

There is no specific update on Halliburton's injury at present. I hope Halliburton can recover as soon as possible and return to the arena with a stronger attitude!