{"id":8183,"date":"2025-06-11T17:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-will-perform-ankle-problem-in-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:18:12","slug":"pacers-tyrese-haliburton-will-perform-ankle-problem-in-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-will-perform-ankle-problem-in-game-3-of-the-2025-nba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers &#8216;Tyrese Haliburton will perform &#8220;Ankle Problem&#8221; in Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>For the first time in 25 years, the Indiana Pacers will be holding the NBA Finals Game. On Wednesday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Pacers in Game 3 in Indiana. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The series is split 1-1 between Oklahoma City and Indiana. After Game 2 on Sunday, footage of the Pacers Tyrees Halliburton was paused and walking. ESPN&#8217;s NBA insider Shams Charania reported that Tyrese Haliburton will play &#8220;ankle problem&#8221; in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Halliburton said he was &#8220;good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Tyreese Halliburton got a little limp after Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;He wasn&#8217;t in the injury report. Everything I&#8217;ve heard is not worried about his status tonight. He&#8217;s fine, he&#8217;s good.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@shamscharania<\/a> Despite &#8220;ankle issues&#8221;, Tyrese Haliburton plays Game 3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y783IdxL61\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/y783idxl61<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-espn (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1932841777716699608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Pacer will be holding Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Finals. Indiana is still looking for its elusive first NBA championship. They were part of the NBA for 49 seasons. Entering Game 3, All-Star PG Tyrees Halliburton reportedly deals with &#8220;ankle issues.&#8221; However, Halliburton reassured fans that he would be able to use in Game 3. The 25-year-old said it was &#8220;just a stool. I&#8217;ll leave it there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Through two games in the 2025 NBA Finals, Tyrese Haliburton averages 15.5 points per contest. He was 14 in Game 1 and 17 in Game 2. The All-Star PG hit a shot that won the game in Game 1 and stole the Pacers&#8217; victory. Oklahoma City has choking defenses, their main goal is to take Tyreese Halliburton.<\/p>\n<p>Lu Dort, Cason Wallace and Alex Caruso scored turn guard Hariblin in the final. They made it difficult for Tyrese Halliburton to become the manufacturer of Indiana&#8217;s real difference. Despite averaging 9.3 assists per game this postseason, Halliburton hasn&#8217;t scored more than six times in each of the two final games. If Tyrese Halliburton plays well, the Pacers have the shots to win. It&#8217;s just as easy. He deals with &#8220;ankle issues,&#8221; so how effective can Halliburton be in Game 3?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in 25 years, the Indiana Pacers will be holding the NBA Finals Game. On Wednesday evening, the Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Pacers in Game 3 in Indiana. The series is split 1-1 between Oklahoma City and Indiana. After Game 2 on Sunday, footage of the Pacers Tyrees Halliburton was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[39,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-8183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}