His shingles diagnosis in February knocked what to …

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After an Achilles tendon tear in his right leg in the first quarter of Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals last June stole from Tyrese Haliburton a chance to give the Pacers their first NBA title and kept him out the entire following season, his shingles diagnosis in February knocked what to that point had been a steady recovery process off course. The illness -- a product of the re-activation of the virus that causes chickenpox -- attacked his face and his right eye in particular. He suffered from nerve pain, lost the hair in his eyebrow and wore glasses just to keep himself from relentlessly scratching at it.

Indianapolis Star

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