Rebel Porter is a retired

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(PA) announcer who worked for the

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until retiring in 2010.Mike Wells. "Longtime announcer Porter retiring". ''Indianapolis Star''. April 12, 2010. Retrieved on December 9, 2010. Porter also worked as an

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for the legendary WIFE (AM-1310) in Indianapolis during that station's heyday in the 1960s. Porter created a Pacers tradition during his tenure on the PA microphone, with his unique call of the NBA's mandatory two-minutes remaining announcement: "Two minutes, two-ahh!" After his retirement, Pacers fans continue that tradition, albeit in a somewhat modified form, as when former PA announcer Michael Grady mentions that a Pacers player is going to the free-throw line for "two shots", the crowd then replies with the "Two-ahh".

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