Tyrese Haliburton didn’t skip one other likelihood to troll Knicks followers.
After his Indiana Pacers eradicated the Knicks within the Jap Convention Finals, Haliburton took goal at actor and Knicks superfan Ben Stiller.
Stiller had commented on a video displaying Haliburton’s arrival for Sport 6, writing on social media, “Good thing he brought his duffel for the flight to NY.”
Had the Knicks gained on Saturday evening, the collection would have shifted again to Madison Sq. Backyard for Sport 7.
However the Pacers gained 125-108 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, organising a response from Haliburton, who wrote to Stiller that he introduced the duffel bag “to pack y’all up.”
The Pacers will face the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder within the NBA Finals, with the collection set to start Thursday evening.
“Congrats,” Stiller wrote again to Haliburton. “All the best in OKC.”
The temporary back-and-forth marked the newest occasion of Haliburton taunting the Knicks.
After Indiana eradicated the Knicks within the second spherical final 12 months, Haliburton wore a hoodie with a picture of Reggie Miller making his notorious “choke” signal to Spike Lee in the course of the 1994 Jap Convention Finals.
And in Sport 1 of this 12 months’s convention finals, Haliburton did that very same choke taunt after his game-tying buzzer beater capped a 17-point fourth-quarter comeback and compelled additional time on the Backyard.
Haliburton, 25, averaged 21.0 factors, 6.0 rebounds and 10.5 assists per recreation within the convention finals. He completed with 21 factors and 13 assists in Sport 6.
The New York-born Stiller, 59, attended Knicks video games, dwelling and away, all through this 12 months’s playoff run.
Throughout Sport 4 in Indianapolis, ESPN and WWE commentator Pat McAfee tried to rile up Pacers followers by calling out Stiller and different high-profile Knicks followers in attendance.
“We got some bigwigs from the big city in the building,” McAfee, a former Indianapolis Colts punter, mentioned on the in-game host’s microphone in an untelevised handle. “Spike Lee is here. Ben Stiller is here. Timothée Chalamet is here. Let’s send these sons of b—hes back to New York with their ears ringing!”
Stiller initially referred to as the second “weird,” whereas Rock & Roll Corridor of Famer John Mellencamp — an Indiana native — mentioned he was “embarrassed” to witness it.
Stiller then invited McAfee to Sport 5 on the Backyard. McAfee didn’t attend, saying he had a scheduling battle and that he was “not paying $70,000 for a ticket.”
Miller, in the meantime, additionally needled Knicks followers after the Pacers’ win on Saturday. Miller, who was a part of TNT’s broadcast crew for the collection, wore all black to Sport 6.
