Overview

• On Monday, Haliburton sat at the Pacers’ preseason game against the Spurs in a Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani jersey as the Dodgers opened the NLCS against the Brewers.
• Two nights earlier, he wore a Chicago Cubs jersey on the bench during a preseason game against the Thunder, the same day Milwaukee eliminated the Cubs in NLDS Game 5.
• Team and sports-media social posts captured both appearances, driving attention to the timing with Milwaukee’s playoff opponents.
• Haliburton is from Wisconsin, a detail local coverage cited in noting the contrast with expectations that he might back the Brewers.
• He is out for the NBA season after tearing his Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, and he has offered no public rationale for the jersey selections.