Tyrese Haliburton's 6-word comeback on Ben Stiller was ruthless
Tyrese Haliburton didn't just come away from Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a win over the New York Knicks as his Indiana Pacers moved on to the NBA Finals.
No, he also came away with a perfect comeback to Ben Stiller, the actor/director/super Knicks fan who made jokes about what the Pacers point guard was carrying into the arena before Game 6.
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Haliburton rocked an all-black ensemble but it was his bag that Stiller focused on in a post on X (formerly Twitter), as you'll see below: "Good thing he brought his duffel for the flight to NY," he wrote.
Not bad. But then Haliburton won and posted this quote tweet: "Nah, was to pack y'all up."
Oof. An additional W to Haliburton. Here's how it all played out:
Fans everywhere were in awe of that response, but Stiller took it in stride, responding to Haliburton with all class:
And then there was this post from Hali to celebrate WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE AHEAD!
Did Tyrese Haliburton think he was going to winning Eastern Conference Finals MVP?
This is a good question, because there's video folks are sharing showing Haliburton appearing to step forward right before it was announced that his teammate Pascal Siakam got it.
Not a big deal, but hilarious if true.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Tyrese Haliburton trolls Ben Stiller after Pacers win over Knicks
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