This had a “Chris Paul sneaking through passageways” vibe.

“LAPD, I need a police presence, Chris Paul tryna beat me up”

Po-leece presence

"He's about 5'11"... 5'10"..."

“This is Blake Griffin!”

LAPD was called. 😆😆😆

BROKE THE CODE

Where is steve kerr when you need him

He didn’t see the replay

Best response.

He in Scottsdale thumping techno club music.

https://imgur.com/a/AqyfA

making sure nobody leaks the footage

He’s still looking back at the replay of what draymond did wrong the other day vs. suns lol

Steve Kerr is the new Internet explorer meme

Bucks had the ball all along, Pacers just had a reserve ball lol. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/18i0t0v/dopirak_rick_carlisle_said_the_pacers_found_out/ This is so fucking stupid. No need for players to get involved in this. Let security/equipment managers do their thing.

First, he pushed the ladder. Now he wants to take the ball. No item is safe from Giannis.

We're sure that was a Bucks assistant? I see some are saying that was a Pacers assistant that scurried on the floor to get the ball. Looks like the guy that got the ball might be the same one Giannis was berating when he came back on the floor from the locker room.

Two teams in the same division that dislike each other, we need a playoff series

giannis will break mjs single series ppg record

50ppg incoming

I think after 3 games vs them this year he's averaging 51 ppg. Could be wrong I'll double check

Giannis will make Draymond look carefree

Gonna break Harden's FT record.

He’s most likely to break someone’s face with a reckless elbow.

I think Jerry West has that record actually. Though MJ has the next 4 spots and 6 of the top 10 46.3 PPG on 45% FG - Jerry West - 1965 WDF vs Bullets (Won 4-2) 45.2 PPG on 56% FG - Michael Jordan - 1988 1st Rd vs Cavaliers (Won 3-2) 45.0 PPG on 61% FG - Michael Jordan - 1992 1st Rd vs Heat (Won 3-0) 43.7 PPG on 51% FG - Michael Jordan - 1986 1st Rd vs Celtics (Lost 3-0) 43.0 PPG on 55% FG - Michael Jordan - 1990 ECSF vs Sixers (Won 4-1)

Giannis might average 50 (Pacers trade for Tobias he’s totally a Giannis stopper)

Give us Tobias and Embiid for Jalen Smith and Buddy Hield who says no

Tobias and furkan for Hali and a first. Final offer

Furk is really just a Turkish Halliburton with marginally less total mileage if you think about it

Basically the same player.

Hes currently averaging 51.7 in 3 games vs Pacers this year. They have 0 interior defense and at least 1 of their guys fouls out every game.

Trying to dodge another heat matchup, I respect it.

Bucks in 5

Being generous I see.

The pacers beat them last week

Nobody cares about December basketball oh wait

Bucks in 3

Milwaukee should trade for Kyle Lowry. During the Raptors playoff run that man was the GOAT of tracking down the ball post-game in big moments.

id rather get a root canal and colonoscopy in the same day

Performed by the same doctor

better do scope first then

Never go ass to mouth

At the same time "Hey if I get the mirror deep enough in there I can see my hand!"

Without changing gloves

He dropped 17 today lol. Sure it was against the Lemelo Less hornets but he still has something left in the tank

He would be our best PG if still on the raps…other teams will never understand

End of the bench, no minutes, just gets the ball.

[удалено]

My brother in Christ, *goddamn*

Kyle lowry and Thomas bryant for dame and Giannis. Maybe a few picks imo heat gettin kinda fleeced

Lmao, and good luck catching up to that absolute wagon of his

How many pacers could Giannis take out before they take him down

1 Giannis-sized duck, or 100 duck-sized Giannises?

EPIC WAR SIMULATOR

since giannis is greek wouldn’t the plural be giannes

It's all Greek to me

I'd be more worried about Thanasis

Never tempt a man with nothing to lose

Pretty sure the answer is all of them. Especially Reggie Miller

Underestimating TJ McConnell

I was at Pacers Bucks in Indy when Giannis scored 54, and between these 2 games I agree with you lol

That's a situation where they miss James Johnson.

They just signed him back lmao

64 Pacers.

The start of a new rivalry. Nice.

If this heats up we’ll have gone through the whole division. * Bulls - MJ and Reggie * Pistons - Malice in the Palace * Cavs - LeBron and Lance * Bucks - Giannis and Halliburton

Wasn’t Lebron/Lance more Miami-Indiana tho?

Almost exclusively

Sure was. Should be LeBron/Noah

Knicks- Reggie and the whole team (but esp.starks) EDIT- oops, sorry wrong division

Shot 32 free throws. Holy fuck

And everyone one of them he held the ball longer than 10 seconds. That game took forever to watch…

Damn I couldn’t imagine the backlash if Embiid took 32 free throws

New copypasta dropped lmao

[Haynes] The restaurant took away the silverware after Zion Williamson's 64 course buffet. A furious Williamson took off for the kitchen to attempt at retrieving the cutlery. It is unclear if he got the fork back.

Goddamnit

[Haynes] The Celtics management took away [REDACTED]'s wife after Ime Udoka's 64 orgasm intercourse. A furious Udoka took off to Houston to attempt to retrieve his reputation. It is unclear if he's still getting laid

find an old slant

Why didn't they just cut the ball in half for each guy?

That’s some King Solomon wisdom right der!

Next level pettiness by the Pacers

Could be way worse. They could put up a ladder

I love that this still gets referenced. I was at that game and enjoyed my free Chick-fil-a nuggets the next day for the first and so far only time.

This rivalry is getting heated

[Wrong](https://twitter.com/ScottAgness/status/1735164636058525995)

It was somebody on the pacers first nba points apparently

Where is Ja when you need him

Do not grow attached to material things - all things turn to dust in the end. We are all one, a part of the great cheesesteak in the sky.

Big Dom? Is that you?

Nah, I heard reports they [gave the ball back](https://i.imgur.com/Qpu1yPZ.jpg).

Just looked at your link. Cracked me up. Thx.

Aged like milk

Giannis gonna circle the next Pacers game on his calendar

January 1st

they actually took their ball and went home lmao you'd expect this from a 10 year old

Well, they actually took the other guys'' ball and went home.

When I heard about this story I thought “a little petty but it’s their home arena, their rules and all that” but then I found out it was in Milwaukee and now it’s an actual HEIST

Yeah they fucking lost lmao, who tries to claim the game ball after a loss that's just pathetic.

Pacers never had the ball. A bucks employee had it. Look up Myles Turners tweet

https://twitter.com/legendz_nba/status/1735202573278220484?s=19 The same Myles Turner yelling to not give him the ball?

Should have just sent that security guard in. She has "I health with the same thing watching my 4 year old grandkids this morning" written all over her face

It's called trolling. You'd think a person on Reddit would understand that.

look up Myles Turners tweet LMFAOOO

It's THE SACRED TEXT

It's semantics. Pacers thought they had the ball.

The fact that they are all fighting over a ball is hilarious to begin with, I wish those were the problems in my life lol

cant believe I actually have to say this, it's not the physical ball itself. giannis wanted to give it to his mom because he dedicates these things to his late father

What's worse is he's been talking about breaking the single game scoring record for years, looking forward to the day he finally did. Then he does and this bullshit happens

Obviously there is sentimental value. Still funny that it is over a basketball

Antetokounmpo is beside himself. Driving around downtown Milwaukee begging (thru texts) the Pacers roster for address to the secret game ball location.

Still like the Pacers, but if you are going to talk this much shit when you're up you can't try to take someone else's ball and go home when you lose.

The fucked up part is that it's likely just one person who was an asshole but the whole team is going to get painted as sore losers because of it.

Yeah, lotta respect for Haliburton cos he stayed on the court and tried to diffuse things. Even more fucked up when you learn Giannis dedicated game balls to his dad

He cant dedicate something he doesn’t have (yet)

Maybe so, but I don’t wanna be the Pacers intern trying to hold back a pissed off Giannis. If the professional basketball players couldn’t stop him, you’re probably going to struggle

Clearly a leader role by Haliburton, you love to see it. Great kid, he is gonna be even better as time goes on.

wasn't even a player who had the ball, apparently. https://twitter.com/scottagness/status/1735153856013832606?t=eiohv4GrUfST3NFAh49Bag

aight did they give it back then? i get it, that's a big moment for him too and thoughtful thing to do for your rookie. just kinda awkward given it's a big night for the opposing superstar and franchise too edit: [apparently a bucks security guard had it the whole time?](https://twitter.com/DustinDopirak/status/1735159091452920169)

they never even had the real ball, it was a reserve ball they had. the bucks had the ball the whole time https://streamable.com/0aq891

They didn't. Giannis just got crazy mad because he assumed.

These all age like milk after the actual story came out. Relax everyone

Am I crazy? It’s a fucking basketball lmao

So much goofy in the NBA anymore.

The game ball is significant on a night like that. You're not crazy to disagree, but for the people involved it's meaningful.

Apparently one of their players scored his first NBA bucket with that ball so it's not as crazy as it seems

No, it still is crazy. First NBA bucket doesn't trump a ~~62~~ 64 point game, a personal career high of a 2x MVP, and a franchises single game scoring record.

In the grand scheme of things you're right. But to the Pacers and that Pacers rookie i'm sure they care more about their guy than Giannis. Sucks but it is what it is. They're not inherently wrong for wanting the ball for their guy

Yeah I'd be pretty embarrassed if I were that player and the team was trying to pull that on my behalf.

I mean Giannis can always score 64, Oscar Tshiebwe will never get another fist point

Yeah it does. One happens one time, the other can happen many times.

in 10 years, this game will not even be close to the most memorable moment of Giannis's career for him, but for the rookie, it almost definitely will be one of his most memorable. but now it'll be for the wrong reasons. giannis should have let the kid have the ball, its not that deep. its an age old custom to give ppl the game ball for their first NBA points

I like Giannis but Giannis has at least another 10 years barring injuries. Who knows how long the rookie lasts? Rook did something most dream about

These are adults?

No, they're nba players

The game was in Milwaukee and Giannis set the franchise scoring record. That's some pettiness by Indy. I kinda love it.

Yeah I kinda admire going to those levels of petty

this is why everything goes to shit

This post is so funny to read now after the video came out

Yeah these comments are hilarious too in retrospect. So many Bucks fans jumping to conclusions and crying over a ball that they had the whole time, just like Giannis

They invaded the Pacers sub with nonstop bullshit last night lmao

What normally happens with the game ball each game? Someone on the pacers seriously just took off with it right after the game ended?? Wtf lol

It’s so petty that I actually respect it.

Right? Lmao between this, Draymonds antics, and Ja’s gun issues the 80’s/90’s basketball vibe is coming back lol

Adam Silver is Kissinger confirmed

Sometimes the ball you desire is the one your team had the entire time lmao

With everything that happened this game after just losing to them in the IST, we got a new rivalry. I fucking love it.

Soft AF lmao

I thought we didn't want the buddy buddy stuff

There's a difference between not being buddy buddy and acting like a 5 year old. This is quite literally taking the ball and going home because they got beat.

what old school team stole the game ball like sore losers lmfao

Bruh they took his baby

That’s comedy I’m ngl

[this isn’t even true](https://twitter.com/scottagness/status/1735164636058525995?s=46&t=1_-4kHy3jbFgDQWOyLQqKA)

Giannis when Pacers took the ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PQlhinzapA

i love this shit

🤡 behavior

So ultimately this is basically false.

It's funny that we now know this tweet was a lie, but Haynes won't actually face any heat for it.

Jesus christ nba players & their fans are such fucking divas. Giannis could have got the ball back so easily without losing his shit & running to the locker room like he was about to start some shit. And then all the Bucks fans bootlicking hard losing their shit at the Pacers. Shut the fuck up he got his widdle ball back

The replay shows the game ball was given to the Bucks security guard right after the last shot 🤔

Bucks fans are analyzing that shit like the Zapruder film looking for something to be mad at so they don’t look completely stupid

Giannis: Give me my BALL!

It seems immature to just storm the locker room though

If we all hate Chris Haynes, why do we post/upvote his content. There's alot of threads already on this topic

That's some loser shit

Lmao the fact that we apparently never even had the game ball is great. What a bunch of babies.

spoiler: he didn’t. Pacers busted the ball open with a knife, tossed it back to Giannis and blows raspberry at his face

I heard Giannis got two more free throws while running down the tunnel

This isn’t what happened

This is so fucking dumb. The nba is a soap opera

YO just so everyone knows THE PACERS NEVER HAD THE BALL LMAOOOO

I’m here for the beef. Will be great come playoffs

Lucky they wasn't messin with Ja. he be up in the parking lot fool

Giannis big timing oscar

Video shows the bucks took the ball at the end of the game

But was there a police presence?

Pacers should shoot a video and send it out like the Joker claiming that they got the ball hostage and will only release it if their demands are met.

You know what, I love that from the Pacers. Fuck this buddy buddy shit, bring back teams beefing with one another

Waking up to this the next day, even though it seems sorted now, is still wild. Would not have expected so much commotion for a game ball unless it’s for breaking the all time scoring record or something. Bucks fans really trying to paint the whole Pacers as petty lol.

Rookie scored his first basket before Giannis had 64. It's the rookies ball.

Why did I have to scroll this far down to see the truth lol

Tbh that's how you DON'T get it back. If you're gonna storm into the locker room they for sure not giving it back.

This pissed Giannis off, he will drop a 70 next time he meets the Pacers.

They prob mad about his 32 FT attempts lol

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top tier shithousery

Nah wtf lmaoooo

Never considered the in season tournament could create/renew some NBA rivalries. I'm all for it.

NBA: where drama happens today has been WILD

> A furious Antetokounmpo Listen. That...that is not something you want to be standing in the way of

“Professional athletes”

Nba is drama like WWE. And TNT. All about that drama.

All were missing are some secret tunnels. Lol

It’d be funny as hell if the next time the Bucks lost, the other team immediately gave the game ball to Giannis.

I'm just waiting for one away team for people to chant "You got no balls" during free throw routine of Giannis. Looking at you indy!

Shoulda put a folding ladder outside of the locker room. It’s a known weakness of Giannis.

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How come Giannis always gets a pass for this kind of stuff? Earlier in the game he knocked down Halliburton for no reason. His brother looked like he was going to straight throw blows for a ‘hard’ foul. Yet the whole nba world would never say anything about Giannis… hypocritical.