Pascal Siakam has set tongues wagging after going viral for a pre-game ritual he performed before Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
In a video shared online Thursday night (June 19), the Indiana Pacers power forward can be seen huddling with his teammates before their matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder, throwing his head back and showing the whites of his eyes.
The intense face has instantly become a meme, with some joking that Siakam turned into "a demon," got possessed, or summoned something heinous. Others joked that he "entered the Matrix" or "made a deal" with forces not of this Earth.
"I don't know who or what Pascal Siakam summoned right her before the game but that MF IS EVIL LMAOOO," one person wrote on X alongside a video of the incident.
"A deal was made," one fan wrote, while another added: "He literally just summoned every deity imaginable like I’m very uncomfortable watching this clip."
The latter fan also added in a separate post: "Siakam caught a body then immediately followed that up with a turnaround fade at the buzzer, yeah he conjured up sumn outrageous before this game."
Another fan turned their attention to the Oklahoma City Thunder and how if Siam's powers are as not of this world, then there may be no defeating the Pacers. "Thunder really have to beat Satan to win a god damn championship," they wrote.
Check out more reactions to Siakam's intense moment below:
The NBA season will come to an end on Sunday (June 22) with Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers. If Thunder takes home the trophy, it'll be their first championship title since 1979. The Pacers, meanwhile, have yet to win an NBA title, but they did win three when the team was a member of the American Basketball Association before its merger with the NBA in 1976.
