Right As Things Were Looking Up For The Pacers, Tyrese Haliburton Gets Hurt ... Again
Right as things were starting to look up for the Indiana Pacers season, it appears they are quickly crashing back down to earth. The Pacers are undefeated in 2025, but as the Cers were in the middle of recapturing last season's mojo - Tyrese Haliburton has been sidelined for what lip readers would say is injuring his same hamstring. Carlisle has said it's possible Haliburton plays for their 2nd game in a row vs Cleveland, but it's very unlikely.
A positive report, the sky isn't falling, but this isn't great. The Pacers were able to mount a massive comeback to snap the Cavs 12 game win streak despite Haliburton going down, similar to the team rallying to beat Boston when Haliburton got hurt around this time a year ago. BUT, if history is repeating itself, that means the Pacers are in for a tough stretch without the point god.
When Haliburton restrained his hammy in the ECF, I said it was time to shut him down John Taffer style. Wrap that man in bubble wrap and put him on a shelf for as long as possible. Instead, I was called a list on names including crazy and scrutinized for my lack of ball knowledge. Meanwhile, Hali went on to the summer olympics aaaaaand he reaggravated the exact same hamstring. As a former division 1 athlete (google me, I walk on at schools that don't even exist anymore) I know that a hamstring is a death sentence for competitors. This is an injury Tyrese will probably be dealing with the rest of his career, which absolutely sucks and may lead to even more self doubt he's been feeling this season. But I personally won't be letting this bother me as a fan. Instead I'm going to focus on the positives and that's the fact that this bad lip reading reminded me of a time when the internet was pure and good with videos like bad NFL lip reading.
When things are going bad you've got to look for the silver lining. If the Pacers look like dog shit tonight, I'll simply distract myself with some good old fashion brain rot to keep me from laying down in front of a bus because the Pacers will never win a championship. Or, maybe Andrew Nembhard is actually that guy and all Indiana needs to to win. If not, I'll be laughing at how it looks like Matt Ryan is actually saying Buckrain Politosh. Yup, everything is fine.
EDITORS NOTE FROM VIBBSY: After the blog was posted Rick Carlisle said it isn't a hamstring it's only a groin injury. Probably from carrying around that massive hog. It happens. Classic big dick problems. I totally understand. So, championship back on. Forget everything I said, this is the Pacers year.