Stephen A. Smith: “The Pacers told the stupidest lie in basketball history”

A big brawl broke out after the match Bucks with Pacersregarding the match ball.

THE John Antetokounmpo wanted to keep it as a souvenir as he scored a career-high 64 points, but the Pacers took it themselves, claiming they wanted to give it to their rookie, Oscar Chiebue, who scored the first basket of his NBA career. Somehow, the “Greek Freak” became enraged, with the situation coming very close to a fight!

The famous NBA commentator Stephen A. Smith took a position on the incident clearly in favor of the Greek star, stressing that the justification of Pacers it was “the dumbest thing in the history of basketball” and making John right.

What he said in detail:

“This whole Giannis Antetokounmpo story is stupid, but mostly because of the Pacers. Giannis scored a career-high 64 points, and after the game he looked for the game ball, which the Pacers had taken. According to their coach, Rick Carlisle, they took the ball because they wanted it for a rookie who had scored his first points in an NBA game. This has to be the dumbest lie in basketball history. In a match where you’re losing, do you want to hold onto the ball to give it to a rookie? In 30 years of covering the league, I’ve never seen a rookie get the game ball for making his first basket. It’s an outright lie that makes people look at you and say ‘I don’t believe anything’.”

Breaking down the Giannis game ball nonsense pic.twitter.com/VRx7tq4TNv

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) December 15, 2023