Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton hit what seemed like the potential game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer, and brought down the mood at Madison Square Garden.
Haliburton immediately reached for his neck to make a “choking” taunt after the play.
“I thought it was a 3," Haliburton told TNT after the game. "I tried to hit the celly and it didn’t work. But we finished it in overtime.”
The taunt was a callback to Reggie Miller's "choke" celebration from Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference finals. The Hall of Fame Pacers guard scored 25 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter of that contest.