As most seven-game collection’ within the NBA playoffs are wont to do, Knicks vs. Pacers acquired fairly chippy by the top, maybe most notably with New York guard Donte DiVincenzo accusing Indiana’s roster of “attempting to be robust guys” after his staff’s Recreation 5 win to take a 3-2 collection lead.
DiVincenzo’s teammates then determined to additional the meat by sporting all black for what they hoped could be a funeral of a Recreation 6…
… a call that backfired spectacularly once they promptly misplaced two blowouts in a row to blow their collection lead and get despatched house.
Some would name that choking beneath stress, and whereas Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton didn’t precisely do this after hitting six threes to attain 21 factors and ship the Knicks to Cancun… he actually made reference to essentially the most well-known occasion of a Pacers star calling the Knicks chokers along with his selection of postgame apparel following Sunday’s 130-109 win:
For a greater look, THE PACERS THEMSELVES tweeted a high-definition picture of their star basically calling the staff they simply beat chokers, which is type of an astounding factor for an precise staff account to do:
Nonetheless, when contemplating that Knicks guard Josh Hart took trip of his personal staff’s Recreation 2 win to inform Miller himself “f— you” whereas the Pacers legend was calling the sport for TNT… I believe the meat ranges right here will permit it.
Now, whereas that is, objectively, a hilarious burn, it’s additionally laborious to not think about these pictures coming again to chunk Haliburton the following time his staff blows a lead, given the way in which the NBA web is actually fueled by the bonfires of celebrated downfalls and roasting.
However that’s an issue for one more day. For now, Haliburton did get to have his personal Reggie Miller second, possible the ultimate step in direction of his being beloved in Indiana for all times… and probably additionally turning into a lifelong enemy of town of New York.
