The father of Tyrese Haliburton wins the forgiveness of the Indiana Pacers. As confirmed by the journalist, Shams Charania, John Haliburton will be able to return to the Pavilion of the Indianapolis franchise to see his son play the fourth game of the East Conference finals against the New York Knicks.
A forgiveness that comes after a Altercation with Giannis Antetokounmpo, just when the final encounter of the first round between Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks ended. With a basket of his son Tyrese, who gave the victory and the classification for Indiana, many fans, including John Haliburton, jumped to the track.
But in the case of the player's father, John Haliburton was prostrated before Giannis, showing a great flag in honor of his son and, as explained by the Greek, shouting him irrespectingly. A fact that led them to confront face to face, having to be separated.
Sanction and forgiveness of the Pacers
After this action, Indianapolis's own franchise decided to sanction John Haliburton, prohibiting attending the Pacers play-off matches, both those who played at home and those played in Cleveland and New York.
Added all the meetings after the altercation with giannis, Haliburton lost eight Indiana Pacers games. A sanction that the protagonist himself understood and accepted, apologizing publicly for his actions.
This sanction that will be maintained for home matches, for now, while it will be revoked in this next fourth game, with nuances. And is that The father of the star suite of the pavilion.
Key game in the series
All this comes the day after the comeback of the Knicks in Indiana to put the 2-1 in the series and stay alive. Despite losing for 20 points in the second period, the New York franchise turned the scoreboard and with a huge Karl-Anthony Towns, ended up winning in the last quarter.
Thus, the next game, and with John Haliburton attending, can be key to the tie. If the Pacers won they would travel to Madison Square Garden with a 3-1 advantage, while a Knicks victory would put the draw at 2. The match will be played at dawn from May 27 to 28 at 2:00 Spanish time.
