Tyrese Haliburton’s heartbreaking injury draws one NSFW word from LeBron James

Alex Walsh

Tyrese Haliburton’s heartbreaking injury draws one NSFW word from LeBron James image

The NBA world was in store for an exciting Game 7 in the 2025 NBA Finals.

It all came crashing down for a moment when Pacers' star Tyrese Haliburton fell to the ground with a leg injury.

Lakers' LeBron James had one word in reaction to it on social media.

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What was LeBron's reaction?

No one likes to see players get hurt, even the opposing fans and players.

NBA legend LeBron James was clearly upset to see the injury happen himself.

LeBron went to X and simply posted the explicit word "F---."

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Haliburton started the game well, hitting three early threes to help Indiana take an early lead.

Before the first quarter even ended, he fell to the ground with what appeared to be an achilles/calf injury.

With evident movement in the achilles area when the injury happened, there's fear here that he might have torn his achilles, which would be devastating.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.