Even with John Haliburton banished from NBA arenas, the Indiana Pacers have kept winning.
The father of Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton — who has had baseline seats at Gainbridge Fieldhouse all season — has had to watch at home since his confrontation with Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo at the end of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
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Tyrese Haliburton and his teammates sent his father a message from the locker room Tuesday night after winning their Eastern Conference semifinals series over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
“Free Pop,” Haliburton said with a laugh during an appearance on the “Pat McAfee Show.”
So when can the elder Haliburton return to games?
Tyrese Haliburton said: “The league left it at ‘foreseeable future.’ I don’t know what that means.
“I’m sure he’d love to get back in the building. He’d probably get an ovation,” he said as he and McAfee dreamed up WWE-style intros for John Haliburton’s return.
Haliburton and McAfee also discussed LeBron James, who posted support for Haliburton during his torrid second-quarter Tuesday night. Haliburton scored 15 of his 31 points in the second quarter of Indiana’s Game 5 win.
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