If there’s any state that is known for its craziness, it is Indiana. So when the Pacers locked the New York Knicks, it meant business. All eyes were locked on Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks hosted the Indiana Pacers for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. But you know who had his eyes glued to the game even harder? Pacers legend Reggie Miller. And man, his team did not let him down. The Pacers pulled off an insane comeback. They clawed their way back from a 14-point hole in Q4 with under three minutes left on the clock. The Garden was stunned. But surprisingly, most of the chatter after the final buzzer wasn’t about the players. It was about what went down in the broadcast booth. And right in the middle of it all was Reggie Miller.
Reggie Miller, a Hall of Famer who famously spent his entire career with the Pacers, was in the booth for TNT, calling the series. And yeah, fans were not loving it. Right from the jump, people called out the obvious conflict of interest. Pacers legend, Pacers on the floor, national broadcast, you get the issue. And when the game wrapped, Reggie caught serious heat on social media for what viewers called blatant bias toward Indiana the whole night.
Things started heating up when Haliburton pushed the game to overtime with a clutch three, then turned to the Knicks and the MSG crowd with a bold chokehold celebration—a move dripping with history and aimed straight at the heart of New York. During the post-game interview, the reporter leaned into the moment, asking if it was one of Reggie Miller’s personal pieces of advice—always go for the kill. The nod wasn’t subtle.
Fans quickly called him out, accusing him of crossing the line from commentator to fanboy time and again. His thinly veiled bias for the Pacers, especially on a national broadcast, struck many as unprofessional—and for Knicks fans, it felt like Reggie was still haunting the Garden, just this time with a mic instead of a jumper.
A viral post calling for Reggie Miller’s ban leaves fans divided
It all went down when a Facebook post popped up claiming, “JUST IN: Pacers legend Reggie Miller has been banned from being a part of the broadcast panel for the rest of the East Finals, as he has become a source of inspiration for Indiana.” Luckily, there’s still no proof this is real, and most likely, it’s just a fake. But that didn’t stop the comment section from turning into an absolute circus.
One fan was thrilled, writing, “Great ethical call. He’s going to be bias against the Knicks.” Can’t fully blame them, though. Reggie Miller’s pro-Pacers energy during Game 1 was so obvious that it felt like he was still chasing points out there. Another chimed in with, “Well, that’s a fair decision.” The thing is, for some Knicks fans, just seeing Reggie anywhere near MSG probably stings enough without hearing him root for Indy on live TV. But of course, not everyone was clapping.
Plenty of fans rushed in to defend the Hall of Famer. One wrote, “Get real Reggie is NBA who gave us basketball show respect to him go Reggie love you ” Indeed, love him or hate him, Reggie’s still one of the league’s biggest personalities, and his fans won’t let you forget it. But most of them were skeptical about the post itself. As one fan wrote, “Dumbest post I’ve ever seen.” And the truth is that there’s still no official word confirming this supposed ban. Most signs point to it being a viral hoax.
But hey, even without proof, fans aren’t saying no to a little courtside drama. And so the echo lingers—half rumor, half rallying cry—floating somewhere between hardwood history and social media theater. Maybe there was no ban. Maybe there was never even a line to cross. Or probably the choke was too much. But in the clash of nostalgia and fandom, it’s not the call that matters—it’s who’s holding the mic when the noise begins.
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