Tyrese Haliburton's father, John Haliburton, got into an altercation with Giannis Antetokounmpo after the Indiana Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5. Since then, both Tyrese and John have apologized to Antetokounmpo and the Bucks, but the Pacers have restricted the father from going to games, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

“After conversations with Tyrese Haliburton’s father John Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers front office, John Haliburton will not attend the team’s home and road games for the foreseeable future, a Pacers spokesperson told ESPN,” Charania wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

The Pacers front office made the decision, and Haliburton's dad understood their actions.

In a recent interview with TMJ4 News, Haliburton's dad spoke about the confrontation with Antetokounmpo and what happened.

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“He grabbed my hand, he put his forehead on my forehead, and he said, ‘Don’t disrespect me,’” he said. “And I said to him, ‘I was not trying to disrespect you.’ Then I said to him, ‘I love you,’ he said back to me, ‘I love you.’ We patted chests, he gave me a thumbs up, and he walked away.”

Haliburton has spoken several times about his dad's actions and said that he doesn't agree with what went down after the Pacers won and advanced to the next round.

“My dad just got caught up in the moment and obviously his actions were out of line.. I apologized to Giannis and he apologized to Giannis.. It's unfortunate what happened and there's no place for that,” Haliburton said on The Pat McAfee Show.

A situation like that could have gotten out of hand quickly, but Antetokounmpo seemed to have been in control of his emotions and just had a conversation with Haliburton's dad. Hopefully, a situation like that doesn't happen again, and people will stray away from doing it because of the ban that was put in place.