{"id":392186,"date":"2024-05-09T05:27:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T05:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=392186"},"modified":"2024-05-09T08:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T08:04:15","slug":"pacers-coach-calls-out-nba-after-ref-spray-ejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=392186","title":{"rendered":"Pacers coach calls out NBA after ref spray, ejection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said that \u201csmall-market teams deserve an equal shot\u201d during a complaint about the officiating in his team's loss to the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n

Carlisle was called for two technical fouls and ejected late as his Pacers fell 130-121, putting them in a 2-0 hole in the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

He said the Pacers found 29 calls they felt were incorrect in their Game 1 loss, but he didn't submit them to the NBA. He vowed he would be sending them this time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m always talking to our guys about not making it about the officials and, but, we deserve a fair shot,\u201d Carlisle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a consistent balance. It\u2019s disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials acknowledged an incorrectly called kicked ball violation late in Game 1, but the Pacers believed there were plenty other instances of wrong whistles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the playoffs, when you submit things, the other team can see what you submit. And so, there were 29 plays in Game 1 that we thought were clearly called the wrong way. I decided not to submit them because I just felt like we\u2019d get a more balanced whistle tonight,\u201d said Carlisle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Indiana<\/p>\n

He cited a play in the third quarter where he felt the Knicks' Josh Hart shoved All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton – who has been battling back spasms – in the back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all over Twitter right now because a few people have showed it to me and JB DeRosa is looking right at it,\u201d Carlisle said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see he has vision of the play and he shoves Tyrese into the corner and there is no whistle. Right in the back. That was shocking and there were many others.<\/p>\n

"But I can promise you that we are going to submit these tonight. New York can get ready. They can see them, too."<\/p>\n

Haliburton said the Pacers needed to blame themselves, not the officials.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day we got outplayed. We were right there in the game,\u201d Haliburton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I like consistency, yeah. But let\u2019s not pretend, like, that\u2019s the only reason we lost. We just didn\u2019t play good enough. At the end of the day it\u2019s 2-0.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Carlisle, who felt Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau's yelling at the officials got a late double dribble violation against center Isaiah Hartenstein changed to an inadvertent whistle that allowed New York to keep the ball, wants things to change when the series moves to Indiana for Game 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall-market teams deserve an equal shot,\u201d he said. \u201cThey deserve a fair shot no matter where they are playing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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