Tyrese Haliburton gets shady with his pregame outfit before Game 6

The symbolism here is pretty obvious. Black is the color worn to funerals, and the Pacers, who currently lead the series 3-2, have an opportunity to end the Knicks’ season on Saturday night.

Haliburton has been dynamic for most of the Eastern Conference Finals, including in Game 4 when he dropped a monster 32-12-15 triple-double with zero turnovers as the Pacers won 130-121 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. But Haliburton then disappeared in Game 5, scoring just 8 points on 2/7 shooting as Indiana lost in a 111-94 blowout to narrow their advantage to 3-2. After the game, Haliburton notably said that “I’ll be better in Game 6.”

Now it looks like Haliburton is ready to make good on his word. Still though, the all-black outfit is playing with fire a little bit. After all, another Eastern Conference team did the same thing ahead of a playoff elimination game a few years ago and promptly got humbled.