{"id":706176,"date":"2026-04-09T00:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706176\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:16:28","slug":"tyrese-haliburton-shares-major-achilles-injury-recovery-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706176\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrese Haliburton shares major Achilles injury recovery progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyrese Haliburton personally announced on X that he finally made his first 5-on-5 basketball play since sustaining his brutal Achilles tear injury in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this brutal and forgettable season, the Indiana Pacers have suddenly obtained major news regarding Tyrese Haliburton.<\/p>\n<p>On X (formerly Twitter), Haliburton himself personally announced that he finally played 5-on-5 basketball for the first time since tearing his Achilles in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Played 5 on 5 today for first time since June,&#8221; Haliburton wrote in his post with a prayer emoji.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2042022136194191476\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Haliburton went down with a devastating torn right Achilles tendon in the winner-take-all Game 7 of last year&#8217;s Finals, which completely altered the Pacers&#8217; momentum as the OKC Thunder went on to clinch the championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although this season is basically over already for the Pacers, in which they will end up one of the worst teams in the NBA with an 18-61 record, Haliburton&#8217;s own injury update will still be an instrumental step for the franchise&#8217;s preparations for a payback campaign next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Haliburton is projected to be fully healthy and available to play for Indiana to begin the 2026-27 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_7\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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