Mob of NY Knicks Fans ATTACK Pacers Fan, He Gets the Last Laugh

After the New York Knicks took down the Boston Celtics en route to the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, a lone Indiana Pacers fan named Hans Perez was attacked by a group of Knicks fans outside of Madison Square Garden with bags of garbage, prompting the Pat McAfee Show to step in and link Perez up with Paces guard Tyrese Haliburton after seeing the viral video. Rick Strom breaks it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!

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Oh nah. Oh nah. Oh so she trying to save the day. Yo nah. Every got on camera. N it’s cuz even though the paces like they nuts. Yeah. my own business. Oh, she tried to say it is and she like, “Never mind, I ain’t doing.” Nah, they violated. Ain’t no squeaky. Remember that Pacers fan who was bered and had trash thrown at him twice by Knicks fans in New York? New York firefighter Hans Pere. How are you, man? How you doing, guys? I’m good, man. I made it out. Yes. Yes, you certainly you certainly did. The man who was assaulted, Hans Perez, spoke with the Pat McAfee Show. What were you thinking was going to happen whenever you went out there? Were you walking home or what? How did you kind of find yourself in that situation? Oh man, the in-laws, my in-laws live about roughly 20 blocks away around West 50th Street. So, I was dropping the kids off. My daughter had a basketball tournament the next day. I was working. Couldn’t make it. So, in-laws were taking them. I said, “You know what? I have I’ve been wearing my jersey all playoffs long. I’ve been supporting my Pacers. I’ve been wearing it all over. I haven’t went by a Madison Square Garden with the jersey. All right. You know, at fun, at first it was like dudes just talking smack to me. It was a little fun, you know. Dudes were just going back and forth. But then it started getting a little, you know, a little more handsy. Dudes got dudes wanted the jersey. They said the jersey got to come off. So then I I started getting a little nervous. I’m looking where’s the nearest police? You know, who’s going to save me? Anybody here to save me? You know, then the mob started getting bigger and bigger and bigger. I’m trying to just walk. I was just trying to walk. walk. I’m like, “Let me stay calm. Let me walk. Let me walk.” I know if I run, who knows what that turns into. I seen that movie before. When you run, someone trip me or someone, you know, it could get worse. So, I just try to walk. I was like, “Let me stay calm. Let me just tell guys, calm down. Chill. The series didn’t start yet.” And the host had a very special surprise. Sorry that that happened to you, but we actually have a special guest who wants to talk to you. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, the point guard for the Indiana Pacers out of Iowa State, Tyrese Hallebertton. What’s up, bro? What’s up, brother? What the hell? What the hell, my man? How you doing? I’m good, bro. How are you? I’m glad I’m glad you made it out the jungle alive, bro. I’m glad you’re still still here with us, man. I’m I’m glad to hear it. Yeah, man. It was rough. if I feel like I’m going to war with you guys, man. Well, well, speaking of going to war with us, speaking of going to war with us, I wanted to hit you. Uh Pat told me he found you yesterday, called me. I said, “I got to get on the show and talk to him myself.” Um I want to personally bring you a plus one out here uh to come to game four uh here in Indiana. I’ll bring you guys out here, put you guys up, get you guys seats to the game. the Pacers. Everybody in our organization wants to make sure you’re taken care of. All the team’s excited to meet you. Uh we It’s all we’ve been talking about. Everybody’s seen the video. So, man, we want to bring you out here and uh yeah, man. I’m really excited about that. So, you and Hans, I believe that’s on Tuesday. I believe that’s on Tuesday. You’re able to make the trip. I know uh scheduling obviously as a firefighter or something. You know, I got to I got to talk to the guys. I mean, I’m pretty sure we could work something out where to come see. And a great gesture was had that video. Uh when I saw it, I was I was shocked. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, but I’m glad uh glad that we found you. And uh hopefully I can I can meet you here within the next week. That would be that’d be pretty awesome. Tyrese actually was the one that hit me up and said, “Hey, can can we find this guy?” And that’s why I put out the tweet that was like, “Somebody find this man.” What we also learned was this man is a firefighter in the state of New York. So yeah. Hey man, know you’re combating those fires and saving us all and we’re definitely going to call you when we need you, but uh we’re also going to assault you when you wear the covers of an opposing team. According to ESPN, Perez was followed on the streets by a large contingent of Knicks fans who were celebrating their Friday victory over the injury riddled Jason Tatum Les Boston Celtics in game six. that was in the Eastern Conference semis. After getting hit twice with bags of garbage, Perez continued to walk away as the crowd continued to follow him and heckle him in a clip that has gone viral on social media. He would say in a Pat McGriffy interview that he has seen how people when they have hordes of others surrounding them don’t run because they’ve seen he’s seen specifically what has happened when people try to run away and it never ends well. So he kept his composure, he kept his cool, and he walked. Now, was Karma possibly in the building for game one? Oh my god. Hey, possibly. Of course, that was not the gamewinner after review Tyresese Hallebertton’s vote was on the line and they would go to overtime after that was ruled to two and they would defeat the New York Knicks. A crazy stat from the Athletic prior to tonight. Last night, NBA teams were 977 and0 in the playoffs when leading by at least 14 points with 250 or less remaining in the game. I believe the Knicks led by eight points with less than a minute left and then they imploded. I was I was at the gym. I was reading some of the quotes and Carl Anthony Towns was right when he said they played a great game for 46 minutes. Those last two haunted them. If they played better in that final stretch, we would be having a completely different conversation. And obviously, I agree. But you didn’t. A Tom Thibidoled defensive-minded team crumbled. One that was just inexcusable to me was off of an inbounds. Obi Toppin has a wideopen dunk. He actually had two. One was a putback where he wasn’t boxed out and the second was off of an inbounds play. Where is the defense? Where is it? Aaron Nesmith catching fire. Fine. Sometimes a guy is going to do that against you. Fine. But the lack of interior defense was jarring to me. And as a Chicago Bulls fan who has seen what Tom Fibido le defenses do, completely unacceptable. And I know that they are watching film like crazy. Game two, Friday night in the Garden. So all those people that filed out early, all those people that left, here is my question to you. Are you going to stay if they’re up 15 with a minute left? You going to stay? I saw Larry David’s reaction too to this and that was also amazing. Putting his hands over his ears and just basically like seeing Suzy in his dreams. If you remember the curb episode, if you know, you know. Just startling. Pascal Seakum been a fantastic player for his career. Jaylen Brunson. Okay. OG Anobi missing free throws, not good. Carlenthy Towns missing a free throw. Not good. So, not only did it come to defense, it also came down to free throws. Regardless, I feel bad for this Knicks fan. I’m glad that Pat McAfee linked them up. On this show, I feel um I call balls and strikes. I criticize where it’s fair. And I have criticized Pat McAfee in the past mainly for allowing Aaron Rogers to spew sweet nothings for an hour straight. This though, amazing. Truly amazing. Him linking with Hallebertton, bringing Hallebertton on, addressing the fan. Awesome stuff. Super awesome. And I hope he’s able to find a way to go to a game in Indie. I think that would be super cool as well. 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