Visibly emotional Pacers fan thrashed through streets by baying New York mob left stunned by Tyrese Haliburton
Indiana Pacers fan, Hanz Perez, received the surprise of a lifetime after a video of him being attacked by New York Knicks fans went viral.
In the video, Perez is wearing a Tyrese Haliburton jersey and is being taunted and openly attacked by a mob of Knicks fans.
After beating the Boston Celtics in Game 6 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Pacers, Knicks fans took to the streets to celebrate and Perez was caught up in the hectic crowd.
Bags of garbage were hurled in Perez’s direction, while others appeared to be used to hit the Pacers fan as he also faced a torrent of verbal abuse by a handful of people.
Knicks fans have been as passionate and excited for their team this year as any fanbase of a professional sports team has been in a very long time.
There’s a difference between bad blood and talking trash versus actually throwing trash repeatedly at someone – but Perez will have the last laugh, at least until the Eastern Conference Finals result is in.
Haliburton and the Pacers saw the video and surprised Perez with a heartwarming gesture on Monday morning.
Perez was appearing on The Pat McAfeeShow to tell his story, when Pacers superstar Haliburton appeared as a surprise guest.
But it didn’t stop there, as Haliburton invited to fly Perez and a guest out to Indianapolis for Game 4, and put him up in a hotel, and give him tickets to the game.
