Tyrese Haliburton left with 3:44 remaining in the third quarter of Indiana’s 126-110 road loss to Boston in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals and did not return. 

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The Indiana Pacers lost All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton to a sore left hamstring in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.

Haliburton, 24, left with 3:44 remaining in the third quarter of Indiana’s 126-110 road loss and did not return. The Pacers’ second-leading scorer in the playoffs (19.3 points per game) finished with 10 points and eight assists in 28 minutes.

"Losing Ty for the game obviously is a big blow," Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. “We’ll know more (Friday) and even more Saturday. … I know you want details. I don’t have much."

The Pacers trail the best-of-7 Eastern Conference finals 2-0, with Game 3 set for Saturday night in Indianapolis. Indiana is 6-0 at home in this postseason.

Haliburton, who had 25 points and 10 assists in Game 1, missed 10 games with a left hamstring strain suffered January 8 against the Celtics. On that occasion, he had to be helped off the floor after a slip and fall.

The Celtics’ Luke Kornet left the game in the first quarter with a sprained left wrist and did not return to the court. Boston center Kristaps Porzingis missed his eighth straight game with a calf strain.

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