Jalen Brunson’s Tyrese Haliburton WWE revelation: ‘I should’ve hit him with the chair’

Knicks vs. Pacers

Jalen Brunson’s viral Smackdown moment happened when Tyrese Haliburton joined Logan Paul in the ring, looking for a fight against fan favorite LA Knight. Then, Brunson hopped over the barricade with a steel chair and stood beside Knight, earning a huge pop from the sold-out Garden crowd.

After laying dormant for nearly thirty years, the rivalry between the Knicks and Pacers flared up again in the last postseason. Moreover, the second round series between the two teams went all the way to seven games, with the Pacers ultimately coming out on top.

Pacers legend Reggie Miller even called the games on TNT, reminding audiences of his legendary “eight points in nine seconds” comeback against the Knicks in the 1995 Eastern Conference semifinals.

Likewise, Miller also made the infamous “Choke” gesture at legendary film director and Knicks superfan Spike Lee a year prior, though the Pacers eventually lost that series.

Besides appearing with a steel chair at WWE Smackdown, Jalen Brunson and the Knicks are looking to bounce back from a crushing loss to get payback against Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers.

The Knicks had brought in more shooting and size in Towns to replace Isaiah Hartenstein, who joined the Thunder in the offseason.

However, the team’s identity is rough-nosed defense, and giving up 132 points to the Celtics, nearly breaking an NBA record in the process, is not the way to go. They’ll need to figure out the right mix between scoring and defending as they face another high-octane offense in the Pacers.