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Jon Krawczynski: Cool of Reggie Miller being back in the tunnel and greeting these Pacers with hugs

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Tim Reynolds: Mark Few in the house tonight. The U is represented again: Reggie Wayne is here. Caitlin Clark and the Fever came back as well. There's a slew of former Pacers; Reggie Miller, Jalen Rose, Metta, Jeff Foster, Dale Davis, etc. This has been your celeb report.

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“Shaq fouled out,” Harper said. “Phil (Jackson) was talking and (Bryant) was like, ‘I got this, coach. You guys just play. I got this.’” That night, Kobe Bryant, all of 21 years old, showed the world who he already was, and who he would become. As the kid morphed into the Mamba, Pacers big man Dale Davis kept yelling at Miller, Indiana’s greatest player. “I’m like, ‘Reg, yo, control this young kid,’” Davis told The Athletic on Wednesday, “And he’s like ‘Man, I’m trying.’”

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Reggie Miller shares his reaction to Tyrese Haliburton’s game winning shot on his IG Story.

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Michael Scotto: Tyrese Haliburton on his Reggie Miller choke celebration: “If I would’ve known it was a two, I would not have done it. I might have wasted it. If I do it again, people might say I'm aura farming. I don't plan on using it again.”

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Tony East: Haliburton says Reggie Miller locked eyes with him after his postgame interview on the court. "Definitely a special time."

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Jorge Sierra: Russell Westbrook moved ahead of Reggie Miller and Chris Paul in playoff scoring for No. 30 in NBA history. Jamal Murray tied one-time Finals MVP Joe Dumars at No. 90.

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Dime: Reggie Miller: "Draymond Green was absolutely disgusted that they would put the ball in the hands of Sengun vs. him."

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Reggie Miller got emotional during his appearance on the All the Smoke podcast when Stephen Jackson started the conversation with an apology for his part in the brawl between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons and their fans, the Malice at the Palace. “I’ve never had a chance just to tell you that I’m sorry,” said Jackson, who was suspended 30 games after the most infamous night in NBA history. “We all understood what our motivation was for that season. It wasn’t for us. It was for you. It was the whole motivation for getting things done the right way and getting a championship for you. I never got a chance to apologize to you for my actions. With me saying that, I love you even more because you defended me because you knew that I was just being a loyal teammate.”

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Miller immediately got choked up and his eyes began to water after hearing his former teammate’s heartfelt words. “I did not want to go there. You don’t have to say that to me, man,” Miller told Jackson. “Come on, man. You don’t need to apologize to me. You young cats, Jamaal (Tinsley), Jermaine (O’Neal), Al (Harrington), yourself, Ron (Artest, now Metta Sandiford-Artest), made those last few years in Indiana my best years. I didn’t have my superpowers but I felt and you guys made me feel like I was Superman.”

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Miller still has plenty of love for that particular squad that he believes was arguably the best of among many great Pacers teams during his 18-year career in Indiana. “We had some dogs, man. We had a squad. I played on some Indiana teams that were destined, should of, could of, but always came short. That team, we were stacked. We had the best interior defender in Jermaine, the best perimeter defender in my opinion to this day in Ron, … you coming having been a champion with these young guys. We had just lost to Detroit without you and we smacked them there. But you don’t need to apologize because that’s basketball, that’s life. Shit’s going to happen.”

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“It will always haunt me not winning a chip,” Miller said. “It wouldn’t haunt me as much if I was never so close … I had opportunities. That’s what hurts. That’s why it burns me. Because you want to win it for the guys in that locker room that run through that brick wall for you when you’re the man—my Davis boys (Dale and Antonio)—and the fans.”

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Reggie Miller: Man, the tale gets told all the time—who's the GOAT, who's the greatest—between him and LeBron. I try to stay away from that. I played against LeBron in his rookie year, which was my last year. So I don't really have a point of reference. But I will say this: LeBron has the greatest career. I say that all the time. But Michael Jordan is the best basketball player ever. So yeah—LeBron has the greatest career, but Mike is the best player. A lot of old heads want to dog LeBron because they were never this good this late in their careers. He’s in year 22, 40 years old, putting up 25, 8, and 8—first or second team All-NBA. Some of these guys weren't even that good in their prime. Straight up.

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Spike Lee: “Game six. Indiana. Every time I see John Starks, I give him a hug, cuz he didn’t show up in Game 6. I would’ve had to move. That game—the next morning, I was on the cover of Newsday, the New York Post and New York Daily News. I was being blamed for the loss. And Reggie, people ask him, ‘Do you still hate Spike?’ People ask me, ‘You still hate Reggie?’ Like that sh— happened 20-something years ago. Nah, I got caught in the crossfire. Knicks vs. Pacers. That was war, man. That was real beef.”

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