Tyrese Haliburton: Brother called racial slur by fan in Milwaukee

Pacers monitor Tyrese Haliburton said his more youthful sibling was known as the N-word by a fan while sitting in the stands during Game 1 of Indiana's first-round season finisher series with the Bucks in Milwaukee. Haliburton talked about the episode during his postgame news meeting that followed the Pacers' 125-108 dominate in Match 2 on Tuesday night. "My younger sibling in the stands recently was known as the N-word," Haliburton said. "It was significant as far as we were concerned as a family to simply address that. Furthermore, that was significant as far as we were concerned to discuss on the grounds that that simply didn't agree with anyone in our loved ones. Having my family here right now is simply been significant. My younger sibling has taken care of that the correct way." Haliburton was brought into the world around 90 miles from Milwaukee in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He has three siblings (two more seasoned and one more youthful) and said his close family had been visiting the area with him for the beginning of the end of the season games. This is his season finisher debut in his home state. At the point when posed an inquiry about his experience getting back to Wisconsin for the beginning of the series, Haliburton stopped for a few seconds before he started to reply. He was shaking his head while beginning a response about the fact that it was so great to have his family in participation before he halted himself and tended to the racial slur. The Bucks were gotten some information about Haliburton's remarks after Tuesday's down. "A field visitor administrations delegate revealed that during Sunday's down a couple of visitors were not sitting in their right seats," a Bucks representative answered. "The visitor administrations agent requested that the gathering move one segment over to their right seats. Then, one of the people in the gathering guaranteed to the delegate that an individual sitting before him had utilized an overly critical term toward him. The denounced individual denied the allegation. The gathering moved to their right seats and no further episode was accounted for. "We treat our fan climate very in a serious way and are focused on giving a free from even a hint of harm insight." Haliburton said his group "worked really hard of dealing with this climate," adding, "The discussion [in the stands], it's well disposed during the normal season since I'm the old neighborhood kid, yet it's somewhat unique while you're visiting in this climate."