Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have now received the kind of treatment Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel already know well.

After the New York Knicks completed their sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers, ESPN’s Inside the NBA used its famous Gone Fishing segment to send the Cavs home in brutal fashion.

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The graphic included Kelce and Swift after their recent courtside appearance in Cleveland, where they watched Game 3 together at Rocket Arena.

The joke was clear.

Kelce had turned up to support his hometown team, Swift was beside him, and Cleveland still ended up crashing out of the Eastern Conference Finals without winning a game.

It was not the first time Inside the NBA had used a similar style of mockery involving NFL figures.

Just 22 days earlier, the show included Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini in a Gone Fishing graphic after their own controversy had taken over sports media.

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Kelce’s connection to Cleveland made him an easy target once the Cavaliers fell apart.

The Chiefs’ tight end grew up in Ohio and was seen embracing the atmosphere during Game 3, even chugging a beer as Swift smiled beside him.

At the time, the appearance became a viral celebrity moment. But after the Knicks finished the job, it gave Inside the NBA fresh material.

The Gone Fishing segment is built around playful humiliation, usually showing eliminated players and famous fans heading off for an imaginary offseason vacation.

This time, Swift and Kelce were dragged into the Cavaliers’ failure because they had become part of the series spectacle.

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The comparison to Russini and Vrabel adds another layer.

Their earlier appearance in a similar graphic came after the scandal around their relationship became one of the biggest NFL media stories of the year.

That joke was sharper because it played off a personal controversy, while the Swift and Kelce version was more about celebrity attention and Cleveland’s playoff exit.

Still, the pattern is obvious.

Inside the NBA knows how to turn a sports failure into a wider pop culture punchline.