Dave Portnoy has claimed that NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo had a proper to escalate his heated confrontation with Tyrese Haliburton’s dad even additional.
In surprising on-court scenes Tuesday night time, the Milwaukee Bucks celebrity needed to be restrained from John Haliburton in a fiery conflict because the pair shared a tense alternate of phrases following the Indiana Pacers’ dramatic Recreation 5 time beyond regulation win.
Tyrese Haliburton scored the series-clinching layup, ending what could have been Antetokounmpo’s ultimate sport as a Buck in heartbreaking style.
And John appeared to rub salt within the wound, approaching the Milwaukee energy ahead on the ground whereas waving a towel emblazoned with the picture of his son.
Antetokounmpo appeared livid, erupting on the unsportsmanlike transfer earlier than members of Bucks employees swiftly stepped in his method blocking him from Haliburton Snr.
However Portnoy seemingly believes they need to have let the ‘Greek Freak’ have a shot at his rival’s father.
Giannis Antetokounmpo obtained right into a confrontation with Tyrese Haliburton’s dad, John
Barstool Sports activities founder Dave Portnoy claimed the Bucks star ought to have taken a swing
‘That is what I used to be speaking about with Halliburton’s dad. No enterprise being on the courtroom there speaking s***. Giannis had each proper to knock him out,’ the Barstool Sports activities founder wrote on X following the incident.
‘By the best way Giannis had each proper to do that. Halliburton’s dad was celebrating in his face on the courtroom. No completely different than if a fan obtained in his face on the courtroom. He shouldn’t have been there,’ he added in a separate publish.
Tyrese appeared to agree with Portnoy – at the least, partly. The Pacers star admitted following the sport that he believed his dad was within the mistaken for his taunting.
‘I do not assume my pops was in the correct,’ Tyrese stated after the sport, including that he anticipated to talk with each his father and Antetokounmpo concerning the incident.
Antetokounmpo, who stated he had been raised to be ‘humble in victory,’ opened up on the disrespect.
‘I believed he was a fan, however then I noticed he was Tyrese’s dad,’ Antetokounmpo stated, whereas making it clear respects the Pacers guard.
‘It was his dad… approaching the ground and exhibiting me a towel along with his [son’s] face,’ Antetokounmpo continued earlier than paraphrasing John. ”’That is what we do. That is what we effing do.”’
‘I really feel like that is very, very disrespectful,’ Antetokounmpo added.
‘Now there will be lots of people on the market which can be like, ”No, while you win the sport, you bought to speak s***,”’ he continued. ‘It is a inexperienced mild so that you can be disrespectful to any individual else. I disagree.’
Teammates, coaches and safety finally labored to separate the 2
Portnoy believed that the 30-year-old had a proper to escalated the heated altercation
The American businessman steered that Haliburton Sr was within the mistaken for taunting
Antetokounmpo’s fiery altercation with John wasn’t the one on-court conflict within the dramatic closing moments of Tuesday’s playoff sport.
Indiana pressured two turnovers within the ultimate 29 seconds of time beyond regulation, and Haliburton blew previous Antetokounmpo for the go-ahead layup with 1.3 seconds left to offer the Pacers a 119-118 victory and a 4-1 first-round victory. That is when the chippy playoff sequence ended, fittingly, with a shoving match between the groups at midcourt.
In a second, Antetokounmpo went from hugging Pacers heart Myles Turner to turning into entangled with Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin. The 6-foot-11 Greek sensation finally wanted to be restrained by gamers and safety.
And Antetokounmpo wasn’t the one Bucks participant within the fracas. Kevin Porter Jr. was additionally seen shoving Pacers gamers lengthy after Mathurin had been lead away by Indiana coaches.
Antetokounmpo tried to will the short-handed Bucks to victory, ending with 30 factors, 20 rebounds and 13 assists, and Gary Trent Jr. made eight 3-pointers and scored 33 factors for Milwaukee.
However Trent was additionally the offender within the two turnovers late in OT. His inbound cross was stolen by Andrew Nembhard Jr., resulting in a three-point play by Haliburton.
After which, with the Bucks main by one and simply needing to take care of possession and get to the free-throw line, the Pacers pressured the ball, forcing Milwaukee to scramble. Trent could not management an errant cross and misplaced the ball out of bounds with 10.8 seconds left.
Safety is seen working to separate Bucks and Pacers gamers after the first-round sequence
Kevin Porter Jr. (again proper) enters the fray as Pacers gamers restrain Mathurin (proper)
What started a a hug changed into one thing else with Mathurin (proper) and Antetokounmpo (left)
After Haliburton transformed the go-ahead shot, all Milwaukee may handle was a virtually full-court heave by Trent that had no probability.
Turner had 21 factors and 9 rebounds whereas Aaron Nesmith added 19 factors and 12 rebounds for the Pacers. Nembhard made a 3-pointer to begin Indiana’s closing run and completed with 15 factors.
In an effort to keep away from a 3rd straight first-round exit, Bucks coach Doc Rivers plugged guards AJ Inexperienced and Porter Jr. in addition to ahead Bobby Portis Jr. into the beginning lineup.
The Bucks had been lacking 10-time All-Star Damian Lillard, who tore his left Achilles tendon in Recreation 4 on Sunday night time.
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