NBA World Pleads for TNT to Mute Loud Pacers Fan During Game 6 Broadcast

Karl Rasmussen | May 2, 2024

Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard / Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports

The Indiana Pacers hosted the Milwaukee Bucks for Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series on Thursday night, a game televised nationally on TNT.

It didn't take long for NBA fans to grow frustrated with the audio on the broadcast, thanks to the behavior of one supporter in the stands at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, who happened to be seated distractingly close to the TNT broadcast's microphone.

The fan in question was constantly heckling the Bucks, loudly and relentlessly shouting at players on the road team throughout the game. All of his antics were picked up by the TNT microphone, leading to a rather unpleasant viewing experience for fans at home.

The fan had distinct trash talk for different members of Milwaukee, including Damian Lillard, Bobby Portis and Danilo Gallinari, among others, and he was incessantly letting them hear it.

A fan in Indiana is yelling;

“Portis, your eyes are slightly too big for your head.”

(h/t @Dubs408)

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— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 2, 2024

"[Damian] Lillard your tattoos are only decent."

This fan doesn't know when to stop 😅pic.twitter.com/DQIVKOHzYF

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) May 2, 2024

This Pacers fan won’t stop screaming “GALLINARI YOU NEED A HAIRCUT” 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/KdX5PVaQtA

— The Hood Therapist (@OhhMar24) May 2, 2024

The basketball world on social media voiced their frustrations with the booming Pacers fan, and urged the broadcast to mute the microphone.

The pacers fan is louder than the TNT broadcaster. Someone please help in the truck. Because this guy is annoying.

— Renato (@RPMSports18) May 2, 2024

To the one fan on the Bucks-Pacers broadcast: pic.twitter.com/T68xCQ8Ga7

— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) May 2, 2024

Pacers fan audible on TNT's broadcast is extremely annoying.

— Graham 💚 (@Olympictgraham) May 2, 2024

This Pacers fan on the mic is an idiot but he is disciplined. Just yells the same thing over and over, no variation.

— Casey Holdahl (@CHold) May 2, 2024

I’m not anti-heckling but this Pacers fan who is audible on the broadcast stinks at it and therefore needs to be imprisoned

— serb your enthusiasm 🇷🇸🍉 (@markocantdunk) May 2, 2024

They have to get this Pacers fan away from the hot mic or I’m going to lose my mind.

— Ross Bolen (@WRBolen) May 2, 2024

Bro can anyone else hear this annoying pacers fan??? He’s louder then the announcers

— Tito79th (@tito79th) May 2, 2024

Hot mic pacers fan literally just screaming the same unfunny line 20 times in a row had to switch to Bally sports

— Avid Bucks Enjoyer (@JaredKohlmann3) May 2, 2024