WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark offered the same reaction watching Tyrese Haliburton’s late-game heroics during the Indiana Pacers‘ shocking comeback over the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Clark, who already posted a triple-double followed by a history-making performance, wrote “PACERS ARE THE GREATEST COMEBACK TEAM IVE EVER SEEN,” during the fourth-quarter rally.
Aaron Nesmith did his part with four 3-pointers and a pair of free throws at Madison Square Garden before Haliburton’s turned around jumper that caromed high off the rim before falling in forced overtime at the buzzer.
Haliburton grabbed his neck to imitate Reggie Miller’s iconic “choke” celebration after believing he won the game with a long-range shot, but officials deemed that his toe touched the arc upon video review.
“I wasn’t like plotting on it or anything,” Haliburton said after the game. “Everybody wanted me to do it last year at some point, but it’s got to feel right. It felt right at the time — well, if I would’ve known it was a 2, I would not have done it. So I think I might’ve wasted it.”
According to the Associated Press, that was the first time in 995 games during the NBA’s play-by-play playoff…
