Following their game, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle spoke about the injur y, as per Scott Agness of Fieldhouse Files. “All of our hearts dropped. He will be back,” Carlisle said.

Carlisle said he was on a long car ride and called Haliburton at 8:49 p.m. thinking he would be out of surgery. "He answered the phone on the first half ring," Carlisle said.