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[Holmes] Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has been disgusted by the officiating so far this series. Said the team will file a complaint to the league office ahead of Game 3. “Small market teams deserve a fair shot regardless of where they’re playing.”



> Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle has been disgusted by the officiating so far this series. Said the team will file a complaint to the league office ahead of Game 3.

“Small market teams deserve a fair shot regardless of where they’re playing.”

Yikes, that’s going to be a hefty fine.

https://x.com/cjholmes22/status/1788405551971336388?s=46&t=CeSPT8aPII5IMgBZ2HG2Kw

Edit: there’s more

Rick Carlisle says that there were 29 plays the Pacers thought were called the wrong way on Game 1 but they didn’t submit to the league. He’s now listing some examples from tonight where he thought the calls were wrong.

https://x.com/tonyreast/status/1788403949294207093?s=46&t=CeSPT8aPII5IMgBZ2HG2Kw

“We’re gonna submit these calls tonight. New York, get ready, you’re going to see them,” Carlisle says. “We deserve a fair shot… there’s not a consistent balance, that’s disappointing.”

https://x.com/tonyreast/status/1788404106731622751?s=46&t=CeSPT8aPII5IMgBZ2HG2Kw

by TheDenimTearsDon

27 Comments

  1. Geese-Howard

    The NBA should reply to his complaint asking why he didn’t play McConnell in the 4th more

  2. Victor_Wembanyama1

    He knew what he was doing when he got himself ejected. Just playing the officials so they get a good reffing for the home games

  3. inshamblesx

    i would be disgusted by being bodied by a team with 4.5 healthy players left in a playoff game personally

  4. Banged_By_Breen

    …. What calls lost the game for the Pacers today? Lmao is this dude forreal?

  5. The_Uncut_Gem

    Rick you sat two guys who were killing us all night in crunch time come on brother.

  6. HokageEzio

    Stacking up grievances like we’re stacking up 40 balls from Brunson

  7. hadmeintiers

    REFS KEPT TJ ON THE BENCH, RIGGED FOR RATINGS

  8. SockVonPuppet

    How could the refs give the Knicks so many more rebounds. Unfair.

  9. redvelvet11

    Guy knew he was in New York and decided to put up a Broadway level diva fit.

  10. Commie_Rocket

    Knicks 2-0, Grievance filed. Think I’ve seen this one before

  11. Goatlikejordan

    Knicks didn’t have og, jalen, Julius, and bojan today all at some point. At some point you gotta look at yourself

  12. Refs are the reason why they can’t play any defense

  13. SockVonPuppet

    “It’s all over Twitter right now.” – how Carlisle is validating his grievances

  14. Okay, there were some bullshit calls last game but what was wrong today? That’s Playoffs buddy, kill or get killed, nobody is gonna call ticky tack shit and Knicks just have tougher guys on the court. Myles was always soft and pushed around by the bigs, Tyrese is soft, Siakam is soft-ish. Nobody to blame for today but your own players Rick, front runned a bit when Brunson was injured and back to reality when he came back in the second half.

  15. m0nkeyhero

    There are 9 healthy legs on the totality of the knicks roster. It’s not their fault y’all can’t stop anything.

  16. Tacitus_99

    First Nurse, now Carlisle. Knicks being good has everyone seething.

  17. ShankyShoe

    Oh barf. Pacers lost this one fair and square. If there was ever a time to do this it was after Game 1. This makes the Pacers look like a bunch of chumps.

  18. cizzlemydizzle

    He failed to acknowledge that his players also just didn’t make an effort to win in the second half

  19. onamonapizza

    We all know what he is trying to do, but that may have been the most pitiful rant about the refs I’ve ever seen.

    Might as well have just gone out there and said, “can we get some more foul calls, pretty please?”

  20. Emiya_Sengo

    Rick, you lost to a team that didn’t have Jalen for half the game and didn’t have OG for the last quarter. They were basically playing 5.5 guys all night.

    If there was a fix, it was you not playing TJ.

  21. Major_Damage7207

    this game was officiated fine, Pacers even shot more FTs until the intentional fouls

    Knicks are missing Randle/Mrob/OG/Bojan, and Brunson was injured and missed the 2nd quarter

    Rick is gonna blame the refs for this one? Like what kind of soft ass shit is that

  22. It’s true. A small market team could NEVER win it all in today’s NBA. Wait a second

  23. SweetBlackberry44

    I’m disgusted with how many injured players the pacers are playing against in the east

    Rick better be glad giannis and dame were hurt cause he wouldn’t even be here to complain if they weren’t.

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