Giannis Antetokounmpo gets into heated altercation with Tyrese Haliburton’s dad after Bucks’ loss to Pacers

Milwaukee Bucks prima Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t look to instrumentality the series-ending nonaccomplishment to the Indiana Pacers good connected Tuesday nighttime aft getting into aggregate altercations aft the last buzzer. 

Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton deed the game-winning shot, crossing implicit Antetokounmpo and driving to the handbasket for a right-handed layup to instrumentality the 119-118 pb with 1.3 seconds near to play. 

After the game, Antetokounmpo was paying his respects to respective Pacers players, but things got weird erstwhile helium and Indiana defender Benedict Mathurin embraced and appeared to person immoderate words. However, Mathurin pushed Antetokounmpo away, and an altercation betwixt some the Pacers and Bucks occurred connected the court. 

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Milwaukee Bucks guardant Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dribbles  the shot portion Indiana Pacers guardant Jarace Walker (5)  defends during crippled 5 of the archetypal circular for the 2024 NBA Playoffs astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

Then, things got absorbing erstwhile Antetokounmpo went face-to-face with Haliburton’s father, who was successful the stands passim the game. Again, it appeared they were conscionable having a spirited conversation, but Antetokounmpo needed to beryllium pulled distant from Haliburton’s dada by a Bucks coach. 

After the game, Antetokounmpo explained what happened with the altercation with Haliburton’s father, claiming helium was waving a towel with his son’s look connected it astatine him and cursing aft the win.

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"One happening I’ll accidental is that I judge being humble successful victory," Antetokounmpo said successful a three-minute effect to a reporter’s question connected the matter. "That’s the mode I am. There’s astir apt a batch of radical retired determination like, ‘No, erstwhile you triumph the crippled you gotta speech s---. It’s a greenish airy for you to beryllium disrespectful towards idiosyncratic else.’ I disagree. I’ve won a championship, they haven’t. That doesn’t accidental thing – I’m not trying to minimize their effort.

"Losing a game, emotions tally high, having a instrumentality – which, astatine the moment, I thought helium was a fan, but past I realized it was Tyrese’s dad. I emotion Tyrese, I deliberation he’s a large competitor. [He was] coming into the tribunal and showing a towel with his son’s look [saying], ‘This is what we do, this is what we F’n do, this is what the F we do.’ I consciousness similar that is very, precise disrespectful.

"I’m blessed that he’s blessed for his lad – that’s however you’re expected to feel. But coming to maine and disrespecting maine and cursing astatine maine I deliberation is wholly unacceptable. Totally unacceptable. I’m not the feline that points fingers, due to the fact that successful my neighborhood, snitches get stitches. So, I don’t privation to accidental thing for him to get fined oregon anything. But it’s not respectful. I talked with him astatine the end, and I deliberation we’re successful a bully place."

Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton (0) steals the shot from Milwaukee Bucks guardant Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during crippled 5 of the archetypal circular for the 2024 NBA Playoffs astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

Antetokounmpo besides mentioned his precocious father, Charles, who helium said taught him humbleness.

"My dada utilized to travel into the household country and was the astir respectful idiosyncratic ever," Antetokounmpo said. "When you travel from thing and enactment your full beingness to merchantability worldly successful the thoroughfare and your full beingness you’re frightened of the constabulary deporting you and sending you backmost to your state and you person to support your kids, you make this mentality of being humble your full life, to not disrespectful anybody, to not marque the emotions precocious truthful idiosyncratic tin snitch connected you oregon accidental thing atrocious astir you."

The younger Haliburton was asked astir his father’s actions aft the crippled arsenic well, and helium is connected Antetokounmpo’s broadside of the argument. 

"I don’t hold with what transpired determination from him. I deliberation hoops is hoops and let’s support it connected the court. I deliberation helium conscionable got excited that his lad made the game-winner, came onto the court. We had a speech and I deliberation helium needs to conscionable let maine to play basketball, enactment implicit there. I’ll travel to him to celebrate. I deliberation it’s conscionable the emotions of the crippled got excited there."

Milwaukee Bucks guardant Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during crippled 5 of the archetypal circular for the 2024 NBA Playoffs against the Indiana Pacers astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images)

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Antetokounmpo did his champion to support the bid live connected Tuesday night, tallying a triple-double with 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists. However, helium did person a accidental to deed the game-winner himself successful regulation, but couldn’t sound down the shot. 

The Bucks were up with 40 seconds near successful overtime, but Indiana came backmost to the constituent wherever Haliburton and Antetokounmpo went one-on-one for the game. Haliburton, who scored 26 points with 5 rebounds and 9 assists, came retired connected top. 

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