After NBA game
“Respectless”: superstar in Zoff tangled
04/30/2025 – 12:22 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The NBA playoffs are in full swing. In a game in the Eastern Conference, the emotions boiled up after the end.
NBA superstar Giannis Antetocounmpo was out of his Milwaukee Bucks after the playoff. After the 118: 119 defeat after extra time at the Indiana Pacers, he was provoked by the father of Pacers playmaker Tyrese Haliburton. John Haliburton Senior held an nearby Antetokounmpo a jersey of his son in front of his nose. He also spoke out loudly.
“I believe in being modest in success,” said Antetokounmpo after the game, “Many people say out there, no, if you win, you crap, and that is a free work for disrespect of others. I disagree.” John Haliburton later apologized for his behavior on social media. Antetocounmpo also reported a clarifying conversation: “After a defeat, the emotions cook up.”
The Bucks had previously lost the playoff series against the Pacers in just five games-the decisive game was highly fought into the overtime. Indiana scored the last eight points of the game. For Milwaukee, it came twice: Damian Lillard was missing due to injuries after he had torn the Achilles tendon in game four. Antetocounmpo took responsibility and shone with 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists. But seven ball losses also went to his account. The Bucks gave up the possible victory at the end of the extension.
Pacers playmaker Tyrese Haliburton was the best thrower of his team with 26 points. In the cabin, he only found out about the incident between his father and antetocounmpo. He doesn’t like the behavior, he spoke to his father. “It was about a lot of personal things. This is simply part of this rivalry and what we have built here in recent years.”
Antetocounmpo did not miss the opportunity to point out after the game that he has already won a championship with the Bucks (2021), which Pacers have been titleos since entering the NBA in 1976.