Pacers’ Haliburton says fan directed racial slur at his youthful brother throughout playoff sport

Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton stated a fan directed a racial slur at his youthful brother throughout Sport 1 of an Japanese Convention first-round playoff sequence with the Milwaukee Bucks.

“My little brother within the stands the opposite day was referred to as an N-word,” Haliburton stated after the Pacers’ 125-108 Game 2 victory over the Bucks on Tuesday night time. “It was vital for us as a household to simply handle that. That was vital for us to speak about as a result of that didn’t sit proper with anyone in our household. It’s simply been vital to have my household right here proper now, and my little brother’s dealt with that the proper approach.”

Neither the Bucks nor the NBA instantly responded to an e-mail asking whether or not the group or league had been made conscious of this earlier than Haliburton’s remark, and whether or not any investigation had been performed.

Haliburton was making his playoff debut in his house state. He grew up and went to highschool in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, about 90 miles northwest of Milwaukee.

The Bucks had crushed the Pacers 109-94 in Game 1 on Sunday earlier than Indiana evened the sequence Tuesday. Sport 3 is Friday at Indianapolis.

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