Haliburton's Historic Playoff Run Ends in Heartbreak as Pacers Fall to Thunder

The Indiana Pacers' championship dreams ended with Tyrese Haliburton's first-quarter Achilles injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. While the Oklahoma City Thunder claimed the title 103-91, Haliburton's playoff performance stands as one of the most clutch postseason runs in NBA history.

Haliburton converted four game-winning or game-tying shots in the final five seconds across the 2025 playoffs, helping secure a victory for Indiana in each round. The odds of the Pacers winning all four of those games: one in 75 million.

Haliburton either gave the Pacers the lead or tied the game in the final 90 seconds in six different playoff games—a record in the NBA's play-by-play era. And the list goes on, as Haliburton transformed near-certain losses into victories in what may be the most clutch postseason performance in the history of the game.

In the end, the only thing that stopped Haliburton—and the Indiana Pacers from their first championship—was his absence from the court.

Seven minutes in, Haliburton tallied nine points after draining three long three-pointers to start the game. He looked much more the part, days after fighting through injury in Game 6 to force the final matchup on Sunday night.