The Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks in Recreation 7 of the Japanese Convention semifinals on Sunday, ending what Stephen A. Smith referred to as the greatest run by a small guard in NBA historical past. Tyrese Halliburton scored 26 factors on 10-of-17 taking pictures within the 21-point victory. He was joined on the postgame podium by Pascal Siakam and Miles Turner. And he introduced his personal drink, which was ultimately eliminated by somebody from PR.
Whereas Haliburton, Turner and Siakam chided the media for not being attentive to them early within the season or choosing them to beat the Knicks, somebody leaned over the desk and grabbed the drink, which made everybody crack up as Haliburton pleaded his innocence.
This isn’t the primary time we have seen this occur. Throughout final yr’s playoffs, D’Angelo Russell introduced an unapproved beverage to his presser and had it eliminated proper after he sat down, which triggered a viral second for his response. The factor is, if they’d simply left Russell and his coconut drink alone we might have solely been speaking about his headwear alternative. However as a substitute we’re speaking about it once more, roughly 11 months after the primary and solely time anybody heard about it.
And that is the very same factor that occurred with Haliburton having his Logan Paul-flavored sugar water drink taken away. If it had simply sat there, everybody would have simply targeted on the Reggie Miller sweatshirt.
On the brilliant facet, we had been handled to Turner and Siakam reacting just like the instructor took away their pal’s cellphone, all the way down to Siakam saying he instructed him he should not be texting in school.