NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league is researching why Achilles injuries have increased. NEW YORK (AP) – The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night.

The NBA is using artificial intelligence and has convened a panel of sports medicine experts to study the uptick of Achilles tears happening in the league, Commissioner Adam Silver said in an ESPN interview before the NBA Draft Wednesday night.

Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves. Each wound up leaving early with torn right Achilles tendons.