{"id":289332,"date":"2025-09-18T00:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/289332\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:08:16","slug":"tyrese-haliburtons-choke-sign-brings-up-bad-memory-for-spike-lee-you-brought-it-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/289332\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrese Haliburton’s choke sign brings up bad memory for Spike Lee: ‘You brought it to life!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> called back a famous moment from Indiana Pacers<\/a> vs. New York Knicks<\/a> history in Game 1 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

Spike Lee’s response? Thanks a lot.<\/p>\n

The Pacers star and Knicks superfan sit together for an episode of the “Old Man and the Three<\/a>” podcast set for a Sept. 18 release, and Lee playfully chastises Haliburton for mimicking Reggie Miller<\/a>‘s choke sign from the 1994 playoffs.<\/p>\n

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“To this day, people come up to Reggie and I, and say, ‘Do we hate each other?’ How many years ago was that? A long time! Me and Reggie squashed that (expletive). It’s been squashed,” Lee said.<\/p>\n

Lee then holds up a framed sketch of Miller flashing the choke sign toward Lee, prompting laughter from Haliburton.<\/p>\n

“But you brought this (expletive) back! We had that thing squashed, man! It was dead! You brought it to life!”<\/p>\n

Watch: Haliburton shoots as he recovers from Achilles tear<\/a><\/p>\n

Haliburton’s only defense: “It was because Reggie was in the building,” announcing on TNT.<\/p>\n

That brought a laugh from Lee.<\/p>\n

Miller first flashed the choke sign in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals after a 3-pointer that was part of his 25-point fourth quarter in an Indiana win.<\/p>\n

Haliburton broke out the choke sign at the end of regulation of Game 1 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals as the Pacers recovered from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to send the game to overtime. Indiana won on the way to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

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