Do not expect to see the father of Tyrese Haliburton, John, at the indiana pacers qualifying matches in the near future after his confrontation with Giannis Antetokounmpo after the competition on Tuesday.
Shams Charania d’Espn reported on Thursday that the Indiana front office had decided that John Haliburton should not attend the games at home or on the team for an indefinite period. Charania noted that John Haliburton “was understanding and accepted the choice”.
There was a lot of contrition after the confrontation which overshadowed the exciting end of match 5 of the victory of the first round series of Indiana against the Bucks.
Tyrese Haliburton continued Pat McAfee show Wednesday and said about his father (brand of 45 seconds): “His actions were offline. I apologized to Giannis, he apologized to Giannis. … There is no excuse and no room for that. I think he understands it. I think he has just been caught up in the moment.”
John Haliburton also went to social networks to apologize publicly to Antetokounmpo:
However, he also spoke to Dustin Dopirak of Indianapolis star And denied having sworn to the Bucks star and added that he “was wrong for doing the basketball field because I should never have done this”.
As for Antetokounmpo, he approached him at a long post-match press conference in which he explained that people should be humble in victory. He also called the behavior of John Haliburton “unacceptable”.
It was quite the end of a series that saw Indiana eliminate Milwaukee in the first round for the second consecutive year.
Damian Lillard was sidelined with a torn Achilles, but it seemed that Otentokounmpo was going to do enough to preserve the season of his team with a triple-double of 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists. However, Haliburton continued to have an answer when the back of the pacers was against the wall.
He scored four points in the last two possessions of the team’s regulation, then converted one and 1 into the section of extensions. After a turnover of Gary Trent Jr., the double All-Star then did what turned out to be the winning lay-up of the game.
This sparked the celebration which included his father confronted with Antetokounmpo in a decision that will prevent him from seeing the Pacers face the Cleveland horsemen in person in the second round.
