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Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Indiana Pacers are involved in one of the most bizarre beefs of the NBA season.
On Wednesday night, Giannis scored a career-high 64 points in the Bucks’ blowout win vs. the Pacers.
During the game, the Pacers didn’t appear happy about the fact that Giannis was attempting to score 60 points while they were getting blown out.
After the game, someone from the Pacers team took the game ball to the locker room, which led to Giannis chasing after it and going into the tunnel to retrieve it.
Giannis tried to go into the Pacers locker room after they took the game ball from his 64 piece pic.twitter.com/Z9LnPQihzJ
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) December 14, 2023
The Pacers claim that they took the ball to give it to rookie Oscar Tshiebwe, who scored his first point on Wednesday, but eventually gave it to Antetokounmpo.
Bucks security was able to retrieve the game ball for Giannis Antetokounmpo, sources say. https://t.co/VuM2u2HCt2
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) December 14, 2023
Giannis believes the Pacers gave him a different ball than the official game ball that was used during the game.
“I have a ball but I don’t know if it’s the game ball. It doesn’t feel like the game ball to me. It feels like a brand new ball… I played 35 minutes today. I know what the game ball felt like.”
“I have a ball but I don’t know if it’s the game ball. It doesn’t feel like the game ball to me. It feels like a brand new ball… I played 35 minutes today. I know what the game ball felt like.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo on the situation with the game ball 😳pic.twitter.com/RAQ5f9wezZ
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 14, 2023
Pacers Tyrese Haliburton fired a shot at Giannis on social media during the whole game ball beef.
— Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) December 14, 2023