Tyrese Haliburton’s game-tying jumper would have been the type of shot that his father, John, would have been hyped to have seen in particular person, however after a run-in with Giannis Antetokounmpo earlier within the playoffs, he agreed to steer clear of Pacers video games at dwelling and on the highway.
However the older Haliburton nonetheless appeared to be in good spirits on Wednesday night time, a minimum of in a video that circulated on social media that confirmed him dancing and partying after the win and his son’s buzzer-beater that compelled extra time within the Pacers’ 138-135 win in Recreation 1.
It was unclear the place precisely he was, however he was surrounded by folks carrying Pacers gear.
Amid all that, Charles Barkley used his platform on “Inside the NBA” on TNT to name on NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard to permit John again within the constructing when the sequence between the Knicks and Pacers returns to Indiana.
“It’s time to let Mr. Haliburton back in the building,” Barkley stated after the Pacers beat the Knicks 138-135 in extra time in Recreation 1 of the Japanese Convention Finals. “Adam, I’m asking you, hey, my man paid his dues. He did one thing actually, actually silly, however he’s been punished. And I’m asking you and the Indiana Pacers to let Mr. Haliburton again within the constructing for Recreation[s] 3 and 4.
“Listen, he paid his dues. It shouldn’t be indefinite. He’s been punished enough. He would never do anything that stupid again.”
The remark led host Ernie Johnson to ask if he was solely referring to the Pacers’ dwelling video games and never any of the video games in New York.
“He come up to New York doing that crazy stuff, he won’t make it back to Indy,” Barkley stated.
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“He come in New York, he still may not make it back even if he’s acting right,” Draymond Inexperienced added.
John received right into a verbal confrontation with Antetokounmpo following the Pacers’ Recreation 5 win over the Bucks within the first spherical.
series-clinching win over the Bucks. NBAE through Getty Photographs
Antetokounmpo informed reporters afterward he felt John’s actions had been “very disrespectful” when he had waved a towel and yelled, “this is what we f–king do.”
John acknowledged that occurring the courtroom “was wrong” following the incident, although he stated that he had by no means shouted within the Bucks’ star’s face.
