The Indiana Pacers and head coach Rick Carlisle have gotten fed up with the way their current playoff series against the New York Knicks has been officiated.
The Indiana Pacers are asking the NBA office to review 78 plays that they contend were called improperly by officials in the first two games of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Knicks, ESPN reported Thursday.
The Indiana Pacers reportedly have submitted 78 plays to the NBA that they believed were called wrong against them during Games 1 and 2 against the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle expressed frustration with the officiating in their 130-121 loss to the New York Knicks in Game 2 of their second-round NBA playoff series.
The Indiana Pacers thought they were victims of questionable officiating in Game 1. A strange sequence at the end of Game 2 was even more questionable.
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The Indiana Pacers are down 1-0 in their second-round playoff matchup with the New York Knicks after a 121-117 loss in game 1. In the game, Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton scored six points on 2-for-6 shooting.
On Monday evening, the Indiana Pacers faced off against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden for Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. The game was close, but the Pacers lost by a score of 121-117.
The Indiana Pacers have maximum confidence after taking down the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs. They will need all of that confidence if they want to take down a competitive New York Knicks team that thoroughly dominated the Philadelphia 76ers in six games.
Jalen Brunson leads all the NBA players in scoring during the postseason, and he may still harbor a grudge against Indiana coach Rick Carlisle, stemming from their time together with the Dallas Mavericks.
When Rick Carlisle left Jalen Brunson, the latter was but a learner. Now, he's the master of the New York Knicks playoff run ... which makes him, of course, a master of evil in the eyes of the Indiana Pacers.
It's been 13 years since the Dallas Mavericks won the 2011 NBA Finals. For some, it feels like yesterday. For former head coach Rick Carlisle, it probably felt like an eternity, as he just won his first NBA Playoffs series as a head coach since those Finals.