June 24 (UPI) -- Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, who tore the Achilles tendon in his right leg during Game 7 of the NBA Finals, underwent surgery and is "grateful for the road ahead," he wrote on social media.
"Now that I've gotten surgery, I wish I could count the number of times people will tell me I'm going to 'come back stronger,'" Haliburton wrote Monday on Instagram and X. "What a cliche lol, this [expletive] sucks. My foot feels like dead weight fam. But what's hurting most I think is my mind.
"Feel like I'm rambling, but I know this is something I'll look back on when I'm through this, as something I'm proud I fought through. It feels good to let this [expletive] out without y'all seeing the kid ugly cry."
The Pacers announced earlier Monday that an MRI confirmed that Haliburton, who was dealing with a calf strain throughout the NBA Finals, tore his Achilles tendon in the first quarter of Sunday's series finale.
Dr. Martin O'Malley performed surgery on Haliburton on Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
