STEPHEN A. SMITH has known as for Tyrese Haliburton’s father to be punished by the NBA.

John Haliburton has come under-fire after his fiery on-court confrontation with Giannis Antetokounmpo on Tuesday evening.

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Haliburton sealed the Pacers’ 4-1 collection victory over the Bucks with a lay-up in extra time that secured a 119-118 Recreation 5 victory.

After Indiana closed out the first-round play-off collection over Milwaukee, Haliburton’s dad John began speaking smack to Giannis.

The 30-year-old appeared livid, erupting on the unsportsmanlike transfer earlier than members of the Bucks employees tried to tug the pair aside.

The 6’1 Greek Freak may very well be seen towering over Haliburton Snr earlier than a number of gamers and safety stepped in.

Antetokounmpo has since claimed that Haliburton Snr approached him on courtroom and waved a towel whereas shouting “that is what we f***ing do.”

The previous NBA champion accused him of being “very, very disrespectful” in his post-match interview.

And ESPN analyst Smith had some sturdy phrases for John earlier than demanding that the NBA step in and punish him.

Smith stated on First Take: “I feel he must be punished.

“I don’ assume the Pacers can take motion towards the daddy of one in all their star gamers. However the league can. And the league ought to.

“Mr. Haliburton, I do not know him. I’ve met him a couple of times.

“Clearly he is a passionate fan of his son and he is an extremely supportive father.

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“However I feel that this could go down as one of the vital embarrassing moments of his life. He must be ashamed of himself.

“The NBA want to verify they deal with Mr.Haliburton. He ought to by no means be on the courtroom once more.

“If there’s a technique to maintain him out of the sector for the following sport or out of the group. That must be achieved.

“Your son sat on a podium in entrance of the media with the nationwide tv cameras rolling and stated ‘my dad was improper’.

“Do you’ve gotten any concept how egregious that’s? The son is having to test the daddy.”

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Pacers guard Tyrese stated post-match: “‘I did not see what occurred till after.

“I do not agree with what transpired there. I talked with my pops. I will discuss with Giannis, finally, about it.

“I do not assume my pops was in the correct in any respect there.”

Haliburton Snr then posted on X: “I sincerely apologize to Giannis, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pacers group for my actions…

“This was not a superb reflection on our sport or my son and I cannot make that mistake once more.”

Charles Barkley and Shaq then furiously got here to blows over who was ‘proper or improper’ on Contained in the NBA.

The Pacers face No.1 seed subsequent within the second spherical of the Jap Convention play-offs.