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Time of India
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Hardcore Indiana Pacers fan did something wild for Tyrese Haliburton pledging eternal loyalty
Hardcore Indiana Pacers fan did something wild for Tyrese Haliburton pledging eternal loyalty (Image Credit: Getty Images) A hardcore Indiana Pacers fan stirred the internet with his unconventional tattoo design choice. He got the iconic 'choke celebration' performed by Tyrese Haliburton inked on his leg to display his indisputable loyalty towards the player. Tyrese Haliburton imitated Reggie Miller's choke gesture during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to attract the NBA legend's attention. The Indiana Pacers have advanced to the 2025 NBA Finals for the first time in 25 years after defeating the New York Knicks 4-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals. An Indiana Pacers follower got his leg tattooed to show he is true Tyrese Haliburton fan Fans can go the extra mile to prove their unwavering loyalty to their favorite player; a hardcore Indiana Pacers fan showed this idea in a very unique way. He got the side of his calf inked with an elaborate tattoo design that screamed love for the Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton. The tattoo design's theme was the famous 'Choke Celebration' that he did in front of Reggie Miller during one of the recent games. This iconic celebration moment occurred on May 21, when the Pacers gave tough fight to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Apart from the choke gesture, the tattoo design also contained text which read, 'What the Haliburton', a popular fan-created reaction that has gained traction amidst Haliburton's exemplary performances in the recent games. The fan's picture with tattooed leg became viral in no time and has garnered thousands of views within a few hours of posting. Tyrese is winning hearts with his back-to-back groundbreaking performances exhibiting exceptional athleticism and IQ. He has averaged 18.8 points, 9.8 assists, and 5.7 rebounds in 16 playoff games. When Tyrese Haliburton performed choke gesture during Game 1 The iconic 'choke celebration' hit the headlines again recently when Indiana Pacers performed it during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Interestingly, the OG performer, Reggie Miller, who created a sensation with this gesture during his playing games, was in the commentary box, when Tyrese Haliburton recreated one of the most iconic NBA moments. Haliburton later said the gesture was a tribute to the NBA legend , and wanted to assure that Miller sees it. Tyrese Haliburton funny reaction to choke celebration vs Knicks in Game 1 😂 Haliburton performed the celebration gesture when he made a game-changing shot. Initially considered as a three-pointer, his shot was later rewarded a two-pointer. It pushed the game to an overtime, eventually, leading to the game in the Pacers' favor who won it 138-135. Also Read: 'Pack y'all up': Tyrese Haliburton silences Ben Stiller after sending Knicks home Indiana Pacers have made it to the 2025 NBA finals after scoring phenomenal win in Game 6 against the New York Knicks. They crushed the Knicks 125-108 in this game to secure their position in the Finals. It is after a mammoth gap of 25 years that the Pacers have made it to the Finals where they will face the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Finals will commence from June 5.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Reggie Miller Didn't Hesitate Calling Out Knicks Fans After Pacers' Win
Reggie Miller Didn't Hesitate Calling Out Knicks Fans After Pacers' Win originally appeared on Athlon Sports. One of the underlying storylines in the Eastern Conference finals centered on Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller providing commentary for the series on TNT. Advertisement Miller had the opportunity to stoke the fire of his intense rivalry against the New York Knicks during his playing days. There was no love lost between Miller and Knicks fans, with the Hall of Famer himself even encouraging the savagery from New York supporters. Miller, however, had a gracious message for the Knicks after the Pacers secured a series-clinching 125-108 victory in Game 6 on Saturday night. After Indiana ended New York's season, the three-time All-NBA shooting guard made his opinion of the Knicks crystal clear. "Dressed in all black like the OMEN!! Congratulations to my beloved @pacers for their 2nd trip to the @nba Finals," Miller wrote in an Instagram post. "I also want to congratulate the @nyknicks for another hard fought series, have ZERO ill will towards that's organization." Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) celebrates with teammates against the New York Knicks. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images Miller, though, could not help but fire a savage shot at Knicks fans to rub salt in their fresh wound. Advertisement "BUUUTTTTT, to all the fake (expletive) NY fans and celebrities not named @officialspikelee and @tracymorgan, enjoy your nice Summer Cancun vacation 😋.. #CurseOfCharlesOakleyLives #KnicksIn13 #WillieWonkaDuneDylan" he continued. View the original article to see embedded media. To be fair, Miller didn't generalize with his statement here. He specifically singled out the "fake" Knicks fans. Miller also aimed his shot at certain celebrities, which appears to be a jab at Hollywood actor Timothee Chalamet. In one of his hashtags, Miller listed some of Chalamet's most popular films, namely, "Wonka," "Dune" and "A Complete Unknown," in which the actor played Bob Dylan. Advertisement Chalamet was one of the Knicks' loudest and proudest supporters throughout the series, and Miller just had to take a not-so-veiled shot at the Academy Award-nominated actor after Indiana's series win. Related: Reggie Miller's Immediate Reaction to Tyrese Haliburton's Choke Sign vs. Knicks Related: NBA Shooting Legend Reggie Miller Had Words for Shaquille O'Neal on Tuesday This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 1, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Post
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Post
How much are last-minute 2025 NBA Finals tickets? See Thunder-Pacers
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Hoops history is fast approaching. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are meeting in the 2025 NBA Finals and whichever team ends up victorious will bring a title to their home state for the first time ever. To be clear, the Thunder technically won it all in 1979 when they played in Seattle as the Supersonics (against the Washington Bullets) but a win here would be a first for Oklahoma. As for the Pacers, the last time they advanced to the big dance was back in 2000 when Reggie Miller and co. fell to Shaq and Kobe in six. This time around, the West's No. 1-seeded Thunder led by MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and high-scoring small forward Jalen Williams are favored to come away with the Larry O'Brien Trophy. They'll kick off the high-stakes showdown at their home Paycom Center on Thursday, June 5. While the pesky Pacers come in as the underdog, they shouldn't be counted out. Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner surprised a streaky Knicks team in the Eastern Conference Finals and are looking to do it all over again. 'We're going to be prepared, we're going to be ready,' Haliburton said in a postgame press conference. 'I'm looking forward to it.' If you want to be there, tickets are available for all seven hypothetical 2025 NBA Finals games. At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets for contests at OKC's Paycom Center was $572 including fees on Vivid Seats. Prices start at $700 including fees for games going down at Indiana's Gainbridge Fieldhouse. For more information, our team has everything you need to know and more about the 2025 NBA Finals below. All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Finals home game tickets A complete calendar including all announced Thunder home game dates and the best prices on tickets at the Paycom Center can be found here: New York Knicks home game dates Ticket prices start at Game One Thursday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m. $572 (fees included) Game Two Sunday, June 8 at 7 p.m. $610 (fees included) Game Five Monday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. $965 (fees included) Game Seven Sunday, June 22 at 7 p.m. $1,458 (fees included) (Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn't noted, will include additional fees at checkout.) Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event. Still curious about Vivid Seats? You can find an article from their team about why the company is legit here. Indiana Pacers NBA Finals home game tickets All Pacers playoff home game dates and the cheapest tickets available at Indiana's Gainbridge Fieldhouse can be found below. Indiana Pacers home game dates Ticket prices start at Game 3 Wednesday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m. $713 (fees included) Game 4 Friday, June 13 at 8:30 p.m. $700 (fees included) Game 6 Thursday, June 19 at 8:30 p.m. $1,002 (fees included) How to watch the Thunder and Pacers on TV Fans hoping to catch SGA and HIMaburton live on the tube can watch all NBA Finals games on ABC or stream on ESPN+. Just make sure to review your local listings before tuning in. If you don't have cable, your best bet may be DIRECTV. About Thunder-Pacers series Over the course of the 2024-25 regular season, the Thunder and Pacers met twice. In both contests, Oklahoma City came away victorious. The first game went down on Dec. 26 in Indy and the Pacers leapt to an early 29-19 lead at the end of the first quarter but fell prey to a strong Oklahoma City second half that ended in a 120-114 victory for the Thunder. When all was said and done, SGA had dropped 45 points and dished eight dimes. Matchup two took place at OKC's Paycom Center on March 29 and Mark Daigneault's walked away with a 132-111 shellacking. Once again, SGA went hard. He scored 33 and spread the love with eight assists. As for this series, it will all come down to 'speed, turnovers and long shots' according to an in-depth analysis from The Ringer. They predict Thunder in five because the Pacers are 'about to run into a healthy, stacked, superior version of what they see in the mirror.' 2025 NBA playoff schedule Been meaning to review how the Thunder and Pacers ended up on the top of the heap? Check out the NBA's 2025 playoff bracket here. Huge 2025 concerts Not sure what to do once the final buzzer sounds on the 2024-25 NBA season? We've got you covered, hoops heads. Here are just five of our favorite artists on the road these next few months that you won't want to miss live. • NBA Youngboy • Tyler, The Creator • Wu-Tang Clan • Ice Cube • Wiz Khalifa Want to see who else is on the road? Check out our list of all the biggest concert tours in 2025 to find the show for you. This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
Associated Press
2 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Pacers' 25-year Finals drought is over. Now they're looking to overcome their snake-bitten history
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Pacers have finally ended the franchise's 25-year NBA Finals drought, achieving the unthinkable after starting 10-15 and looking like anything but a title contender. Now Indiana will try to exorcise the demons of its decades-long, snake-bitten history and actually win the title when the Pacers take on the Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals. 'It is really a special thing that happened 25 years ago, I wasn't even six months old,' Tyrese Haliburton said after Indiana's series-ending victory over New York. 'There's a lot of fans who have never seen success from this organization, especially people around my age. They weren't alive for it. 'So it's really special what we're doing, and we're just trying to keep making this a special place, a place where people want to come.' The Pacers play in a state where basketball is treated like religion, championship teams become royals and players and coaches emerge as revered figures when they achieve the unexpected like these Pacers. But Indiana hasn't always been that dream destination for NBA players, instead being tabbed as snake-bitten franchise for most of its 48 seasons in the league. — After winning three ABA titles, it took a telethon to save the financially floundering NBA newbie in July 1977. — The Pacers made just one playoff appearance during their first decade in the NBA, losing both games to Philadelphia. — Fans booed resoundingly when the Pacers used a first-round draft pick on Reggie Miller in 1987 instead of home-state favorite Steve Alford. — And their pathway to championships in the 1990s seemed hopelessly blocked by Michael Jordan's Bulls or Patrick Ewing's the Knicks until the breakthrough run in 2000 only to lose to Shaquille O'Neal, the late Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. And though Miller was still playing at a high level, it has taken another quarter-century to make it back. The journey hasn't been an easy one. This Pacers team rallied to eliminate some other snake-bitten opponents. They knocked out the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers and the rival Knicks. The second final chapter begins Thursday in Oklahoma City. The expectations were different 25 years ago. Donnie Walsh revamped Indiana's roster by surrounding Miller with younger players following the 1999-2000 season, and four seasons later the Pacers posted the league's best record in 2003-04. They wound up losing the conference final in six games to Detroit. Then came the franchise-changing Malice in the Palace brawl in November 2004. Several lengthy suspensions gutted the team, derailing Miller's last title run while sending the franchise into a downward spiral. Larry Bird fired coach Rick Carlisle, his friend and ex-teammate, two years later and his departure was followed by a rash of devastating injuries. Danny Granger's budding career was cut short by knee tendinitis. Paul George suffered a compound fracture in his right leg in 2014 and he was traded to Oklahoma City in 2017. Two years later, All-Star guard Victor Oladipo ruptured his right quadriceps tendon and was subsequently traded, too. Myles Turner experienced most of the ups and downs of that decade from the Pacers locker room, and it only made his opportunity to hug Miller and Nancy Leonard, the widow of former Pacers longtime coach and broadcaster Bobby 'Slick' Leonard, so much sweeter after winning the conference crown. 'It was just pure excitement, pure validation,' Turner said. 'Just all the years, all the hate, all the love, everything in between. So, man, in that moment, it was just pure exuberance.' Turner was a pivotal piece — not the central one — when president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard embarked on another rebuild midway through the 2021-22 season to form the core of this year's squad. He started by dealing All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento for Haliburton. Five months later, Indiana acquired forward Aason Nesmith from Boston for Malcolm Brogdon. And when Pritchard sent Bruce Brown to Toronto for Pascal Siakam in January 2024, Pritchard figured the Pacers finally had their big three. Fans were skeptical, but the Pacers ushered in a new era of basketball, one that combined Indiana's favorite sport with its longtime auto racing tradition, creating a track-like pace brand of basketball. In some ways, these Pacers are a throwback to their ABA roots — fast, high scoring, flurries of 3-pointers and made-for-television entertainment right down to the dance team. 'The pace, it just fits who I am as a person, like the way I play the game,' said Siakam, who won a championship ring with Toronto. 'We have a lot of people who look down on us as an underdog and that's my style. I like that because that's been me my whole life.' The Pacers will open as the underdog against the Thunder, the team George landed with all those years ago. Two former ABA powers, San Antonio and Denver, have won NBA titles. But if the Pacers can capture the Larry O'Brien trophy, they would be the league's only team to be crowned ABA and NBA champions. 'This is not the time to be popping champagne,' said Carlisle, who led the Dallas Mavericks to the 2010-11 title. 'Getting to the NBA Finals is an accomplishment. But if you start looking at it that way, you'll go into it with the wrong mindset. When you get to this point of the season, its two teams, it's one goal so it becomes an all or nothing thing.' ___ AP NBA:
New York Post
2 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Reggie Miller ‘claiming' Charles Oakley for Pacers as Knicks great still at odds with MSG
If the Knicks don't want Charles Oakley, Reggie Miller is extending an invitation. Miller posted an old photo of himself and Oakley on his Instagram story Sunday, with the caption, 'Y'all don't want this man in your building, we claiming him!! Charles you always welcome in Da Fieldhouse!!' Oakley, who spent 10 of his 19 seasons in the NBA with the Knicks, was famously banned from Madison Square Garden in 2017 by owner James Dolan after an altercation with security guards, and hasn't been back since. 3 Reggie Miller posted a photo of him and Charles Oakley on his Instagram Story. Instagram/Reggie Miller He never played for Miller's Pacers, and it seems unlikely that he'll take the Hall of Famer up on his invite. Though he's suing Dolan and MSG, Oakley used the word 'we' when referring to the Knicks in a recent interview with The Post's Howie Kussoy. 'I see a lot of energy like when we played, especially the Villanova guys,' Oakley said on May 21, ahead of the start of the conference finals. 'OG [Anunoby], he's just a different animal. [Mikal] Bridges is smooth, and [Jalen] Brunson, he's not scared of the moment.' 3 Charles Oakley (r.) with his wife Angela (l.) Getty Images The Knicks extended something like an olive branch to Oakley a few days later, as The Post's Jared Schwartz reported the team would have Oakley back at The Garden if he dropped the lawsuit. His ban is no longer a factor — Oakley can buy a ticket and attend games already. But without the lawsuit, he would be invited back, given seats and shown on the jumbotron along with all the other Knicks legends who are regularly there. Oakley's case for assault and battery claims against Dolan and The Garden has twice been dismissed, but was reinstated by an appeals court in September. 3 Reggie Miller celebrates the Pacers' Game 6 win over the Knicks on May 31, 2025. Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images The 61-year-old Oakley was a fan favorite during his playing carer. 'That's up to two people, commissioner [Adam Silver] and the guy who owns the team [Dolan], but there's a lot of things you can't control in life,' Oakley told Kussoy. 'I played there for 10 years, the fans let me know [how they felt] when I played there, and I tried to show them love every time I could. Win or lose, I showed that I was willing to fight.'
