Indiana native John Mellencamp 'embarrassed' by Pat McAfee's speech riling up Pacers fans

Pat McAfee riled up Pacers fans successful the last minutes of Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, but there's 1 Indiana autochthonal who was not a instrumentality of the pep talk.

With the Pacers starring the New York Knicks 111-96 with 9:52 near successful the game, McAfee took the mic to instrumentality shots astatine personage Knicks fans successful the gathering and the squad successful general.

"Indianapolis, Indiana, we’ve got immoderate bigwigs from the large metropolis successful the building. Spike Lee is here. Ben Stiller is here. Timothée Chalamet is here," McAfee said arsenic Pacers fans booed those celebrities. 

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John Mellencamp and Pat McAfee (Getty Images; Imagn)

"Let’s nonstop these sons of b------ backmost to New York with their ears ringing. Let’s crook this s--- up!"

Thankfully for McAfee, his words didn't travel backmost to haunt him due to the fact that the Pacers held connected to instrumentality a commanding 3-1 bid lead.

But John Mellencamp, who was astatine the game, said helium was "embarrassed" erstwhile "somebody … called out" the Knicks fans.

"The Knicks/Pacers games person been precise entertaining for anyone who likes hoops oregon sports. I attended Game 4 successful Indianapolis," Mellencamp, who's from Seymour, Indiana, said connected societal media. 

Paul Michael Levesque, known professionally arsenic Triple H, and Pat McAfee airs for a photograph earlier Game 4 of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals betwixt the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

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"‘Hoosier Hospitality’ …I was embarrassed erstwhile somebody, nether whose absorption I don’t know, called retired immoderate of the radical who had made the travel from New York to enactment their squad — and successful turn, enactment our team. The assemblage booed these people. I’d accidental that was not Hoosier Hospitality. 

"One could lone accidental it’s poor, mediocre sportsmanship. I was not arrogant to beryllium a Hoosier, and I’ve lived present my full life. On behalf of astir Hoosiers, I would similar to apologize for our mediocre behavior. I’m definite the Pacers had thing to bash with this smackdown."

Stiller challenged McAfee to be Game 5 astatine Madison Square Garden Thursday.

Tyrese Haliburton dropped 32 points for a triple-double successful Game 4, and helium did not perpetrate a turnover.

The Knicks request to triumph each of the adjacent 3 games if they privation to marque it to the NBA Finals. The victor of the bid volition instrumentality connected the Oklahoma City Thunder, who volition beryllium playing for a title for the archetypal clip since 2012.

Indiana Pacers defender Tyrese Haliburton, right, reacts with halfway Myles Turner (33) aft shooting a 3-point handbasket during the 2nd 4th against the New York Knicks successful Game 4 of the 2025 Eastern Conference finals astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse.  (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

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The Knicks and Packers person failed to scope the NBA Finals during the 21st century.

Indiana defeated the Knicks successful a playoff bid past year.

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