The Real Story of Giannis Flipping Out Over the Game Ball | Tyrese Haliburton

The Real Story of Giannis Flipping Out Over the Game Ball | Tyrese Haliburton

Um I want to talk about the ball the ball the ball the Giannis ball oh that ball okay from your perspective that night take us through that night oh man that think pieces that I’ve seen on this ball are ridiculous the think pieces are ridiculous uh we had beat the Bucks

Twice to this point pretty I mean we beat him in season tournament there was some juice to the those games there was a lot of talking you know right and so they came out and they were aggressive I mean I think there was like six or seven

Technicals in the game Bobby got kicked out like they came and set the tone they were going to punch Us in the mouth and it worked they won the game uh they were up a bunch we took our starters out like all right like they’re going to win and

They were getting Yiannis a franchise record and like I’m not the fun police if I had was close a franchise record I want the franchise record too so I get that he gets a franchise record they sub him out our third unit kind of makes the

Game interesting like gets it to like 10 or 8 or something like that he comes back in and again like understand you got to win the game I’m not mad at that like I don’t care I I did not care but some guys on our team took exception to

It they were a little frustrated about it so like he comes back in scores more points he’s talking more it’s it’s okay it’s basketball so after the game we’re like guys are like we’re not shaking their hands and it’s the NBA you know I I’ve played against many players I’ve

Never shaken their hand before like that’s just how it goes like not not because of me but they just leave after the game you don’t have to it’s not like kids basketball we don’t get in the line and have to shake hands I I lost a lot

Of games in my career I probably shook hands after like two games and it was to go say hi to my boys I’m going back to the locker room game it’s like if you’re pissed off you lost you walk off yeah yeah it happens whatever but my my

Trainer was sitting Courtside my like a strength coach growing up so I walked out I gave him my jersey whatever I turned around and there was some talk back and forth you know the Bucks do the Huddle in the middle after games so there was some talk from that little huddle towards our

Group as we were walking off so I’m kind of wa I’m watching it as I’m walking off but I’m like I’m walking off so Lloyd P Lloyd’s waiting for me uh and then one of the Bucks assistant coaches is like going crazy on the other side that’s

all this stuff so he’s kind of walking towards LP and it’s just me and LP out there because everybody’s gone that’s when those two kind of are now having conversation and I’m in the middle of it and I’m you know I’m you I’m kind of trying to calm down but also

I’m like come on bro you can’t walk over here like it’s not that serious that’s on Yiannis and everybody Chris and Damon the whole Buck team walk over and at this point it’s me and LP and the whole bucks organization um and I think one of

Our assistants Mike Wier had the had the basketball had had a basketball not the basketball a basketball right and uh he walked off with it and I think Giannis saw it and they had the ball the whole time which has been proven this whole time the Bucks did the Bucks had the

Ball already had the whole time the whole time wait so so did which which is the ball that Giannis ran off with that was winer’s ball what do you mean that he ran off with that he ran four yeah the backup ball you know there two back

The back ball the B we we took the backup ball to give to our rookie who scored his first points and then now it it’s it’s crazy that basically it was proven for weeks for days that uh we did not have the real ball and people are

Still there still think pieces out there about it like we never had the ball the ball was never in our possession ran after it whatever had a conversation me Dame Chris and LP are out there talking about it and I didn’t know that it wasn’t their correct ball at the time

And they were like you know Chris like that’s BS like if that’s you know and I’m like you’re right bro like Oscar sheway first points versus franchise record you’re right Yan get the ball I was like if we have the ball that’s on us but I don’t know

Anything I’ve been out here the whole time with you I was like if that’s the case we’ll get the ball so then Yannis came back out and he you know you seen the video he’s poking me in my chest go get the ball yada yada yeah and I’m like

Why are you yelling at me like I don’t know anything about this whatever they end up getting the ball and then it was the whole it’s just it ran too long it ran too long with the we don’t know if it’s the correct ball it doesn’t feel like

The correct ball it just became Blasphemous here here’s the reality of this whole situation if Giannis does that against this season against nearly any other team and there’s some miscommunication on the location of the basketball the actual basketball I don’t think it’s a big deal

It was the fact it was you guys why what about us because you guys were mouthing off for like the first three times you beat them well I mean you definitely were in Vegas I was behind the bench tyres definitely were in definitely was definitely was there was some buildup as

My point for sure for sure that it wasn’t just that some rookie 100% took the ball you’re right it was that it was you guys you’re right about that 100% And then we played them two more times after that yeah is this your first is this your first real NBA rivalry team

Was is it a rivalry we’ve never played in the playoff they have Championship we’ve never I have never played a playoff game that’s a rivalry we we were discussing this with uh legs and RJ at the beginning of the Season there’s really not like true rivalries right now I’m all for agendas

Though if you want this to be a rival you want to call it a rivalry I’m all for it we can frame it that way yeah I yeah sure whatever whatever helps build the Bucks Pacers rivalry the Pacers beat them in the seminal the regular season

If it’s if you guys play them in in April it’s a 36 matchup you think that everybody is not gonna I’d be hyped for that oh yeah then it’s yeah yeah then it yeah for sure then it’s a rivalry then it’s yeah yeah yeah but if you guys

Don’t end up playing him in the playoffs at all this year then the next season starts and it’s just like oh it’s the Bucks in the Pacers play no cares yeah exactly that’s not a real rivalry yeah not yet not yet

In this clip, Tyrese Haliburton talks about the beef between the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks and the story of Giannis Antetokounmpo and the lost game ball.

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