Tyrese Haliburton Makes Statement After Celebration During Knicks-Pacers

Haliburton opens up on bringing back the iconic celebration

The moment that will live in everyone's mind from this Game 1 was the incredible shot from Haliburton that sent the game to overtime. The Pacers point guard, and many others, originally thought the game was over.

After video review, it was determined that Haliburton had his foot on the line. That made the bucket a 2-pointer, not a triple. Before that was obvious, the Pacers star revived a classic NBA moment.

Haliburton hit the famous Reggie Miller choke celebration. The Pacers legend originally performed that taunt against the Knicks back in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals, a series ultimately won by New York.

The Pacers star guard spoke after the game, joking that he may have pulled that one out a little early.

Haliburton said, "If I would have known it was a two, I wouldn't have done it. I might have wasted it. If I do it again, people might say I'm aura farming."

The comforting takeaway for the Knicks here, as mentioned above, they are 1-0 in the all-time series count when that taunt is used against them by a Pacers star. Perhaps that is the silver lining in the devastating defeat.