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A franchise legend seems to support it after John Mellencamp slams Pat McAfee for giving a clear hype speech to Indiana Pacers fans.
McAfee attracts Pacers fans in the final minutes of Game 4 Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday, but it made Mellencamp "awkward".
The former Indianapolis Colts bettor called up celebrity Knicks fans Timothée Chalamet, Spike Lee and Ben Stiller and told Pacers fans to "turn this s --- up" and "give these sons to New York sons whose ears rang out in New York."
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Former Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller ahead of Game 3 of the 2025 Eastern Conference Finals. (Trevor Ruszkowsk/Imagn image)
Mellencamp mentioned that "someone" used "bad sportsmanship". He didn't mention McAfee's name specifically, but it wasn't a secret, McAfee replied on X, "I'm alone."
Before Thursday’s summoning Match 5, Pacers legend Reggie Miller released a videotape montage where he greeted Mellencamp, which included Mellencamp’s hit song “Jack & Diane.”
"Only the real Hoosiers knows what this guy means to Indiana," Miller wrote on Instagram. "From dinner, video shooting, tour bus jumping to singing on stage, I did everything with him." Besides unconditional (love) for him and his family, thank you for keeping calling late that night that day in order to vent basketball during the day. #jackanddiane. ”
John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee (Gate Image; Imagn)
The Pacers won Game 4 after McAfee got the microphone to lead the 3-1, but the series returned to Indiana after the Knicks wiped the floor with the Pacers in Game 5.
still Challenge McAfee for Game 5 At Madison Square Garden in New York on Thursday, McAfee said he “didn’t pay a $70,000 ticket.”
Game 6 will be played on Saturday night. The victory will be the first NBA finals since 2000, when they also beat the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.
If the Knicks manage to win the next two, it will be their first final since 1999, when they beat the Pacers to get there.
Reggie Miller and Spike Lee before playing at the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, New York on December 14, 2021 (Jesse D. Garrabrant/nbae by Getty Image)
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The winner of the series will be the Oklahoma City Thunder, which will be the first time since 2012.
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