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Pat McAfee took a tour of fans of Pacers in the last minutes of match 4 of the Eastern Conference final, but there is a native of Indiana who was not a fan of the PEP conference.
With the Pacers leading the New York Knicks 111-96 with 9:52 to play in the match, McAfee took the microphone to make shots at Celebrity Knicks fans in the building and the team in general.
“Indianapolis, Indiana, we have big caps of the big city of the building. Spike Lee is there. Ben Stiller is here. Timothee Chalamet is there,” McAfee said While Pacers fans have hooked these celebrities.
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John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee (Getty Images; Imagn)
“Let us send these sons of B —— to New York with the ears that ring. Let us turn this S — Up!”
Fortunately, for McAfee, his words did not return to haunt him because the Pacers wanted to take a lead in the 3-1 series.
But John Mellencamp, who was in the match, said he was “embarrassed” when “someone … called” Knicks fans.
“The Knicks / Pacers Games have been very entertaining for all those who love basketball or sports. I attended match 4 in Indianapolis,” said Mellencamp, who is from Seymour, Indiana, on social networks.
Paul Michael Levesque, known professionally under the name of Triple H, and Pat McAfee pose for a photo before match 4 of the final of the Eastern Conference of 2025 between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski / Images Imagn)
Okc Thunder has been doing the NBA final for the first time since 2012 after having walope Timberwolves
“‘HOOSIER Hospitality’ … I was embarrassed when someone, under the direction of whom I do not know, called some of the people who had made the trip from New York to support their team – and in turn, to support our team. The public hooked these people. I would say that it was not HOOSIER Hospitality.
“We could only say that it is a bad spirit of mediocre sport. I was not proud to be a hoosier, and I lived here all my life. In the name of most hoosiers, I would like to apologize for our bad behavior. I am sure that the Pacers had nothing to do with this Smackdown.”
Stiller challenged McAfee to attend match 5 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
Tyrese Haliburton lost 32 points for a triple-double in match 4, and he did not commit turnover.
Knicks must win each of the next three games if they want to go to the NBA final. The winner of the series will face Oklahoma City Thunder, who will play for a championship for the first time since 2012.
The Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton goalkeeper, on the right, reacts with Center Myles Turner (33 years old) after shooting a 3 -point basket during the second quarter against the New York Knicks in match 4 of the Eastern Conference final of 2025 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. (Trevor Ruszkowski / Images Imagn)
The Knicks and Packers failed to reach the NBA final in the 21st century.
Indiana beat the Knicks in a eliminatory series last year.
