INDIANAPOLIS -- In the Circle City, two hands on your throat is less of a sign you're choking and more of a sign that the other team is.

Pacers legend Reggie Miller hit the now-iconic celebration against the New York Knicks in the 1994 NBA Playoffs. Just weeks ago, Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton resurrected the celebration after hitting a game-tying shot against the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.

”We are the basketball state and you have to be a Pacers fan, it's crazy if you're not," said Kiarra Baxter, a local tattoo artist.

To celebrate the Pacers' first trip to the NBA Finals in 25 years, Baxter offered up a free Tyrese Haliburton tattoo on Facebook.

"I just went with the first person to reach out and she was very persistent," Baxter said. "She wanted it done."

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