Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton said he was "shocked" to learn his first game back from a torn Achilles tendon would not be nationally televised when the NBA regular-season schedule was released last week.
Tyrese Haliburton was surprised that the Indiana Pacers were scheduled to open the 2026-27 season on the road against the New Orleans Pelicans in his first game since tearing his Achilles.
Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) | Getty Images There were two fun stretches in the New York Liberty’s otherwise irritating victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday afternoon. The first came in the second quarter, after the Liberty had spent the first quarter messing around against a really bad Sun team that was also missing Brittney Griner. But these 8-24 Sun had lost their most recent game by 35 points, primed to save some face and avoid embarrassment. The Liberty were missing Sabrina Ionescu,...