The Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks in Recreation 7 of the Jap Convention semifinals on Sunday, ending what Stephen A. Smith known as the greatest run by a small guard in NBA historical past. Tyrese Halliburton scored 26 factors on 10-of-17 capturing within the 21-point victory. He was joined on the postgame podium by Pascal Siakam and Miles Turner. And he introduced his personal drink, which was finally eliminated by somebody from PR.

Whereas Haliburton, Turner and Siakam chided the media for not taking note of them early within the season or choosing them to beat the Knicks, somebody leaned over the desk and grabbed the drink, which made everybody crack up as Haliburton pleaded his innocence.

This isn’t the primary time we have seen this occur. Throughout final 12 months’s playoffs, D’Angelo Russell introduced an unapproved beverage to his presser and had it eliminated proper after he sat down, which brought on a viral second for his response. The factor is, if they’d simply left Russell and his coconut drink alone we might have solely been speaking about his headwear selection. However as a substitute we’re speaking about it once more, roughly 11 months after the primary and solely time anybody heard about it.

And that is the very same factor that occurred with Haliburton having his Logan Paul-flavored sugar water drink taken away. If it had simply sat there, everybody would have simply centered on the Reggie Miller sweatshirt.

On the intense aspect, we had been handled to Turner and Siakam reacting just like the trainer took away their buddy’s cellular phone, all the way down to Siakam saying he advised him he should not be texting at school.