Tyrese Haliburton's father John told ESPN's Lisa Salters that his son has an Achilles injury He is watching the game from the locker room and is in good spirits

KAT 26 pts 15 rebs shouts out his father post game after being questionable to play personal reasons Shout out to my pops He told me to come play today Didn't think I was gonna play I know you watching pops love you man I know you're recovering I'mma be back with you in a sec

Injury Tyrese Maxey and his teammate Adem Bona with a hard collision while hustling for the ball late in the 4th quarter Maxey heads to the locker room due to hand injury with replays

injury Ausar Thompson turns his ankle on a non-contact play and heads to the locker room with replays

During a timeout with 434 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter Kawhi Leonard is having a conversation with Ty Lue and then heads to the locker room The ESPN announcer Kawhi doesn't seem in pain does not seem to be hobbling

Jayson Tatum gets introduced for the first time after rupturing his Achilles in May

Injury Josh Okogie steals the ball and finds Tari Eason who finishes with the fastbreak dunk after bumping into Vince Williams Jr who got injured and carried to the locker room with replays Rockets and Peacock commentaries