The Pacers are going through it. A rough year in Indiana isn’t necessarily a surprise after the franchise’s star guard Tyrese Haliburton suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the Pacers’ Game 7 loss to the Thunder in last season’s NBA Finals.
It was a brutal blow that made for a disappointing end to a magical season for the Pacers, running through the Eastern Conference as the No. 4 seed and forcing a dominant Oklahoma City squad to a decisive Game 7 for an NBA title. Without Haliburton, a gap year was expected this season as the franchise’s superstar gets healthy, but the brutal start the Pacers have experienced is more drastic than anticipated.
