Pat McAfee fires up Pacers crowd by calling out Knicks celebs: Sons of bitches

Pat McAfee knows how to hype up a crowd, and he had no problem doing so during Game 4 between the Knicks and Pacers while taking shots at New York’s traveling celebrity fan contingent. The sports media personality and Indiana sports supporter was on hand at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and appeared on the video board in the fourth quarter to pump up the crowd, with the Pacers leading 111-96 with 9:52 left in the game. The Pacers went on for a 130-121 victory to take a 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night.McAfee, who also appears as a commentator on WWE’s “Monday Night Raw,” channeled his inner wrestling heel as he chided the likes of Spike Lee, Ben Stiller and Timothée Chalamet. “Indianapolis, Indiana, we’ve got some bigwigs from the big city in the building,” McAfee started off saying.“Spike Lee is here,” he said as the crowd booed. “Ben Stiller is here,” he continued eliciting more boos.“Timothée Chalamet is here.Let’s send these sons of bitches back to New York with their ears ringing.

Let’s turn this s–t up!” An overexcited McAfee then turned and jabbed Pacers coach Rick Carlisle in the arm as he happened to walk by the ESPN host. It was a smaller list of A-listers than had been at Madison Square Garden for the first two games of the series. Ironically, also on hand for Tuesday’s game was rapper 50 Cent. The Jamaica, Queens native appeared on the video board in the fourth quarter and appeared to be repping the Pacers, despite being a New Yorker.The Knicks will return to New York City for Game 5 on Thursday with the hopes of extending the series another game and avoiding falling to the Pacers for the second consecutive year in the playoffs. ...