NBA Big Charles Barkley hopes to celebrate his birthday on Thursday Four countries standoff The final. Instead, Canada beat the Americans with an exciting overtime victory.
But it was Barkley who might have laughed the last time.
Charles Barkley after the game between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals held on June 12, 2024 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Smile. (Joe Murphy/nbae via Getty Images)
“Internal NBA” aired on Thursday on TNT Barkley congratulates Canadians win.
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“Congratulations Canada – I’m sorry we impose tariffs on you,” he added: “It’s a great hockey game.”
The sentence prompted Barkley’s co-host to laugh in the entertainment, but the Hall of Fame was not completed.
“They performed harder because of the tariffs and they didn’t want to be the 51st state. That’s the motivation.”
Canadian players celebrate the first phase of the hockey game against four countries in Boston on Thursday, February 20, 2025, following goals in the first phase of the hockey game in four countries. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Justin Trudeau sends us hot messages after winning 4 Canadian countries
Thursday’s final was a heightened political tension between the two countries.
President Donald Trump About the country becoming its “51st state” Canadian legislator. He also publicly called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the “governor” of Canada and threatened A series of tariffs.
The intensity led Canadian fans to blow the U.S. national anthem before two games of the tournament – several U.S. players personally accepted it.
Team USA forward Matthew Tkachuk, No. 19, celebrates with Team USA forward Auston Matthews, who is in 4 countries at the Bell Center A goal against Finland in the hockey game. (David Kirouac-Imagn image)
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Canada’s star Connor McDavid scored in overtime, giving Canada a 3-2 victory and bragging rights, and Trudeau did not waste any time participating.
“You can’t take our country – you can’t play our game,” he said in a post on X after the game.
Fox News’s Ryan Gaydos contributed to the report.
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