‘Disrespectful’ dad criticised as Pacers beat Bucks

After the pair had a heated exchange following the Indiana Pacers’ series-clinching victory, Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo criticized Tyrese Haliburton’s “disrespectful” father.

With a 119-118 victory over the Bucks, the Pacers won their way to the NBA play-off semi-finals.

With 1.3 seconds left, Haliburton scored the winning layup, and following the buzzer, fans entered the court to celebrate.

What he thought was a Pacers fan approached Antetokounmpo, a two-time NBA most valuable player, and made fun of him with a towel with Haliburton’s face on it.

According to what transpired, Haliburton’s father was the fan.

Antetokounmpo remarked, “I think it’s important to be humble in victory.”

“At that point, I assumed it was a fan before realizing it was Tyrese’s father.”

Tyrese is a formidable competitor, I think. His father is standing next to me and saying, “This is what we do,” before showing me a towel with his son’s face on it. We accomplish this. That is very disrespectful in my opinion.

Antetokounmpo has been offered an apology from Haliburton, who claims he was unaware of his father’s actions at the time.

“I didn’t realize it until I returned to the locker room where I was hanging out,” Haliburton said.

We talked about it a little bit. I disagree with what transpired there.

The Bucks’ hopes of winning their first Championship since 2021 are now over with the defeat.

With 40 more minutes left in the fifth game, the Pacers forced two crucial turnovers in the closing 17 seconds.

The Pacers’ eight-point run ended with Haliburton’s winning lay-up, which ended the game in their favor.

The Boston Celtics, the reigning champions, won the series by beating the Orlando Magic 116-89 to seal a 4-1 victory.

Jayson Tatum top scored with 35 points, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds.

Paolo Banchero, a Magic forward, was forced to sit out after his fifth foul, giving the Magic a four-point lead in the third quarter.

The series definitely swung, it said. Mosley remarked, “It definitely swung the game.”

Paolo received the foul and was only visible when he elbowed Paolo in the face or pushed back into the face. That completely changed the game.

In the third quarter, your best player commits his fifth foul. It’s challenging to come back from that experience.

In the following round, the Celtics will face either the Detroit Pistons or the New York Knicks.

With a 106-103 victory in game five, the Pistons extended their best-of-seven series lead to 3-2.

In other games, the Denver Nuggets defeated the LA Clippers 131-115 to extend their 3-2 series lead.