Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton extended an offer to host a fan who was swarmed by New York Knicks fans following the team's Game 6 victory over the Boston Celtics in the second round of the playoffs.

Indiana fan Hans Perez was caught in the middle of a flood of New York fans, catching some of the mob mentality. Video shows fans throwing things at Perez, including what looked like a large bag of trash. Perez has now broken his silence on the matter, appearing on The Pat McAfee Show.

The rivalry has been renewed twice in the decades since then, most recently in last year’s second round, when this current iteration of Indiana eliminated the Knicks in the seven games. “My dad’s from New York,” Pacers center Myles Turner said ...

Hans Perez, sporting a Pacers jersey, walked into a mob of Knicks fans celebrating their Game 6 win over the Celtics. It didn't go well for him.

The Indiana Pacers, against all odds, have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and are poised to engage in a historic, electrifying series against the New

Tyrese Haliburton is helping out the Pacers fan who got mobbed walking around New York in an Indiana jersey.

In 2024, Tyrese Haliburton and the Pacers came back from a 2-0 deficit to take down a hobbled Knicks club in the Eastern Conference Semifinals to win in seven games. One series later, they ended up getting swept the mighty Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Given the star power the New York Knicks possess, coupled with the spotlight that comes with being a big-market franchise, it's no surprise that much of the media is backing them to easily get past the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals.