Reggie Millers Pacers bias reaches new heights with Game 6 arrival: You know what time it is

Reggie Miller buried any pretenses of his neutrality.Miller’s bias toward the Pacers, his former team, has been on full display during the Eastern Conference Finals but reached new heights Saturday when he showed up to broadcast Game 6 dressed as if he were attending the Knicks’ funeral. The Knicks were on the brink of elimination, trailing 3-2 in the best-of-seven series.“Dressed in all black,” Miller said into the TNT camera as he walked through the bowels of Gainbridge Fieldhouse.“You know what time it is.”Despite retiring from the Pacers after the 2004-05 season, Miller has been acting like a part of the team during the playoff run and injecting himself into the drama of a series that has plenty of it otherwise.After he made the game-tying buzzer-beater in Game 1, Tyrese Haliburton pointed at Miller courtside and called out to him while duplicating Miller’s famous anti-Knicks choking sign from 1995.

Miller couldn’t hide a wide grin as he pointed to Haliburton with a look of pride.Haliburton showed up for Game 6 wearing all black.Considering he and Miller have a close relationship, it’s certainly possible that they coordinated outfits.Of course, that makes Miller a rough listen for Knicks fans.Sports+ subscribers: Sign up for Inside the Knicks to get daily newsletter coverage and join Expert Take for insider texts about the series.It’s nothing new for former athletes to be analysts national broadcasts featuring their old teams, whether that is ESPN’s Troy Aikman when the Cowboys play on “Monday Night Football,” ESPN’s David Cone when the Yankees or Mets play on “Sunday Night Baseball,” Fox’s John Smoltz when the Braves are featured or TNT’s Richard Jefferson when the Nets or Cavaliers are featured.But most seem to do a better job of hiding any existing allegiances than Miller, who is arguably one of the two biggest villains (along with Michael Jordan) in Knicks’ history because of the Knicks-Pacers playoff rivalry forged i...