Rick Carlisle rips referees, goes on ‘small market teams’ diatribe after Game 2 loss to Knicks
NY Post
Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is done with these refs. And Wednesday night he let them have it.
After feeling his Pacers were getting the short end of the officiating stick, first Carlisle got ejected from their 130-121 Game 2 loss to the Knicks, then he unloaded on the referees afterward.
He accused them of bias against small-market teams and said Indiana will submit a list of supposedly blown calls to the NBA.
“We deserve a fair shot, and it’s just not,” Carlisle said. “There’s not there’s not a consistent balance. And that’s disappointing. So give New York credit for the physicality that they’re playing with. But their physicality is rewarded, and ours is penalized, just time after time.
“I’m just really disappointed. Just really disappointed. The two technicals, you’ve gotta make a stand for your guys. You’ve gotta stand up for what’s right and what’s not right, and that was it.”
Carlisle got his technicals with 33 seconds left, coming onto the court to argue for a double-dribble call against Isaiah Hartenstein that was overturned after a brief huddle among the officials.
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