I wasn’t able to watch because I don’t have t.v. and was spending most of the past two days trying to fix my mower, mow a little (or at least make it passable), things like that. I had to play catchup last night and was glad Thunder won, but it sucks because it’s an underwhelming victory.

I was dreading how this game was gonna go because Haliburton of the Pacers already had some calf strain going on in Game 6. When the commentators said he was gonna go on to Game 7 and play, my heart sank to my stomach. I was at the sports bar on shift at the end of the game and I was pretty sure I said something like “Oh hells no–he’s gonna get hurt even worse!”

I kept thinking of other games with injuries during the playoffs. Amen Thompson’s knee giving out when against the Warriors, Steph Curry’s injury that sidelined him against the Timberwolves, etc. And now we’ve got Haliburton’s calf injury that got so much worse.

I kept hearing about “calf strain”, which doesn’t seem like much because we’ve all had that. But then again, when we regular folk get sprains and strains, we’re told to rest it for a few days and don’t overexert. Well, a pro-game with lots of leg-work involved, starts and stops, jumps and runs… yeah, that’s likely to make a strained area hit critical mass.

I agree with my fave sports guys on the internet from GPS (Grossi-Perna Show), that the injury robbed the Pacers of a win. And the way they described it… glad they didn’t show clips as others would have.

And damn… an Achilles injury? As a newbie runner, that’s something I’m making myself VERY aware of in the coming weeks as I train (shudder), along with any other leg and foot pain that can become a problem.

It was a crazy competitive basketball season, and it feels like it ended on a whimper.