Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers dismantled the New York Knicks in Saturday's Game 6 to advance to the NBA Finals, and Haliburton's father was loving it. The embattled dad was in the crowd for Saturday's closeout game,

Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton weren’t expected to ever be starring in leading roles on the NBA Finals stage. Now a favorite son in the state of Indiana, Haliburton didn't get attention from major college programs until his senior year of high school when he led Oshkosh North High School (Wisconsin) to a state title.

After all, Indiana's franchise talisman tore up the New York Knicks to the tune of a 21-point, 10.5-assist, 6-rebound, 2.5-steal average over six Eastern Conference Finals (ECF) games. Suffice it to say, Ben Stiller wasn't the only Knicks-adjacent person feeling Haliburton's wrath over the last couple of weeks.