Los Indiana Pacers have decided to veto John Haliburton, his star’s father, Tyrese Haliburton, of his matches as premises and visitors for an indefinite time by the confrontation he maintained with Giannis Antetokounmpo at the end of the series against the Milwaukee Bucks.
ESPN, who reported on Thursday of the veto, also assured that the decision was “Understood and accepted” by Haliburton’s father.
The incident happened on Tuesday at the end of the fifth match of the tie between Pacers and Bucks, which took 4-1 those of Indiana to classify the semifinals of the East.
Haliburton scored the decisive basket in an incredible comeback of Indiana and, as soon as he finished the game, his father jumped to the court to face Antetokounmpo, rubbing at a short distance a towel with his son’s print face.
The Greek did not react to provocation until Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks) stood between the two.
After the game, Haliburton said he had talked to his father and “Do not agree with what he did”.
“I will talk to Giannis at some point. I don’t think my father did the right thing at all. What happened at the end was unfortunate,” he added.
Antetokounmpo, meanwhile, also approached what happened And he talked about “being humble in victory.”
“May his father come to the court and show me a towel with his son’s face saying ‘this is what we do, this is what we fucking’ seemed very, very disrespectful (…). I think it is totally unacceptable,” he added.
The Pacers will play the semifinals of Conference against the Cleveland Cavaliers, a series that will start on Sunday in Ohio.
