As the final minutes ticked away in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 123-107 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the 2025 NBA Finals, the broadcast panned to a forlorn Tyrese Haliburton sitting on the bench.

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton had scored just five points headed into the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals vs. the Thunder.

Perhaps Tyrese Haliburton’s limp is nothing. The way he gingerly exited Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center was far different from the confident stroll with which he came into the night. It could be some WWE-style ploy to get the Oklahoma City Thunder to take him off their “most wanted” list,