It's a remarkable achievement, and yet it's always going to have an asterisk next to it after Tyrese Haliburton went down in the first quarter with what his father told ESPN was an Achilles injury. There's been no official word yet so we will wait to put a stamp on it,

Tyrese Haliburton's father, John, confirmed to ABC and ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters that Tyrese has an Achilles tendon injury, Salters reported on the ABC broadcast of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

This is not how Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton saw the season ending. He was outside the locker room, a walking boot on his right leg, standing on crutches, greeting his teammates as they came off the floor at the end of their season.