{"id":53396,"date":"2025-05-24T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/53396\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:30:10","slug":"kevin-harlan-calls-wild-pacers-knicks-sequence-im-wet-im-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/53396\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harlan calls wild Pacers-Knicks sequence: &#8216;I&#8217;m wet, I&#8217;m dirty&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As good of an announcer as Kevin Harlan is when things are going according to plan, he\u2019s even better when things go awry. Harlan showed off his adaptability during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals while calling a wild sequence between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>Things started when a loose ball appeared to be destined for TNT\u2019s desk of Harlan, Reggie Miller and Stan Van Gundy, only to be saved by Jalen Brunson. Brunson\u2019s save turned into a perfect pass, as teammate Josh Hart retrieved the loose ball and scored on an uncontested layup for the Knicks. The Pacers, though, quickly moved the ball down the court. That led to a layup by Obi Toppin, which was only lightly contested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about,\u201d Miller said. \u201cGood action right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harlan\u2019s response might have him turning up in some unusual searches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m wet. I\u2019m dirty. Stuff all over the place and here comes Brunson again,\u201d Harlan exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elite focus and commentary from Kevin Harlan. \ud83c\udfc0\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBAPlayoffs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tSYJPAr8VV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tSYJPAr8VV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1926097087009091648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brunson subsequently missed a three-point shot, and a foul on the ensuing rebound gave viewers a chance to see what made Harlan wet and dirty.<\/p>\n<p>Replays showed that when Brunson saved the ball from going out of bounds, he went into the TNT desk. That knocked some papers and, presumably, a beverage, off the desk.<\/p>\n<p>Harlan then thanked a fan sitting nearby, who was helping clean the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee, Knick fans are some of the best fans in the league,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, they are,\u201d Miller replied. \u201cYou gotta love these Knicks fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harlan won a <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/espn\/2024-awfulies-best-media-personalities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2024 Awfulies Award<\/a> for the best play-by-play announcer. We won\u2019t presume to predict what will happen when it comes time to award the 2025 Awfulies.<\/p>\n<p>That said, calls like this will make Harlan tough to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As good of an announcer as Kevin Harlan is when things are going according to plan, he\u2019s even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[1431,7,126,1277,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-53396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-2025-nba-playoffs","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-indiana-pacers","11":"tag-kevin-harlan","12":"tag-new-york-knicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114561405820303509","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}