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Caitlin Clark Shares Heartbreaking Reaction to Tyrese Haliburton's Game 7 Injury

The two Indiana basketball stars have built a powerful friendship.

Mike Kadlick

Clark and Haliburton have developed a relationship as the faces of Indiana basketball.
Clark and Haliburton have developed a relationship as the faces of Indiana basketball. / Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images
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After Tyrese Haliburton suffered a devastating Achilles injury in his team's eventual NBA Finals loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, tributes and well wishes poured in across social media for the Indiana Pacers star. Fellow Hoosier basketball phenom Caitlin Clark, however, could only muster up emojis.

In a post to her Instagram story on Sunday night, the Indiana Fever guard shared a picture of Haliburton with four hearts and four hands praying icons, like so: "🩷🩷🩷🩷🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻".

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Clark and Haliburton have built quite a powerful friendship as the two crown jewels of Indiana hoops. They support each other at games, text constantly in a four-person group chat with their significant others, and have helped each other through the "pressure of superstardom" that comes with leading a professional franchise.

There have been no further updates on Haliburton's injury—which was deemed "unfair" by Thunder star and Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—but the worst-case scenario could potentially keep him out for the entirety of the 2025-26 NBA season.

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Mike Kadlick
MIKE KADLICK

Mike Kadlick is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the New England Patriots for WEEI sports radio in Boston and continues to do so for CLNS Media. He has a master's in public relations from Boston University. Kadlick is also an avid runner and a proud lover of all things pizza.

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