Alex Palou obtained it completed on the oval, and now the Indiana Pacers are attempting to observe go well with on the hardwood. On the identical day that the three-time INDYCAR champion received his first Indy 500 title, Palou attended Sport 3 of the NBA’s Jap Convention Finals between the Pacers and the New York Knicks.
It capped an enormous day for Indianapolis sports activities followers with the “Best Spectacle in Racing” concluding mere hours earlier than Sport 3’s tip-off at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, positioned about seven miles away.
INDYCAR officers even hustled alongside Palou’s postrace commitments to get him downtown for the sport. Even earlier than Sunday’s massive occasions, Palou had leaned into the Pacers’ postseason run, sporting a Tyrese Haliburton jersey at Saturday’s Indy 500 parade.
“That is going to assist some individuals in Indiana to know me,” Palou mentioned.
Indy 500 winner Alex Palou obtained an enormous cheer from the gang at Sunday’s sport between the Pacers and Knicks. (Photograph by Gregory Shamus/Getty Pictures)
Palou arrived forward of the second quarter, sporting the Borg Warner wreath over a Pacers jersey and waving to the yellow-clad crowd from midcourt. And he wasn’t the one massive identify in attendance at Sport 3. Famous actor Terry Crews flexed his muscles from courtside, and Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet also cheered on his beloved Knicks.
The Pacers will hope Palou’s victory at The Brickyard will encourage them towards the Knicks, though they’ve been doing simply high-quality on their very own. Led by Haliburton’s massive performances — together with an epic buzzer-beating shot that despatched Sport 1 into time beyond regulation — the Pacers are attempting to proceed their inconceivable run and attain their first NBA Finals since 1999.
“The vitality in Indy is so particular proper now,” Haliburton mentioned after the Pacers’ Sport 2 win in New York.
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