Unsurprisingly, the NBA imposed a $35,000 fine has Rick Carlisle for his critical remarks made against refereeing and the integrity of the league, after Game 2 lost by the Pacers with the Knicks. A match during which he was also excluded for two technical fouls.
Already frustrated after the loss in Game 1, due to several contentious decisions that went in favor of new Yorkthe coach ofIndiana was therefore unable to maintain control during the second round, then at the press conference.
“ It's not much compared to everything else », had launched Rick Carlisle, in reference to this action of Isaiah Hartenstein which made him unpin in the last seconds of Game 2, and which then led him to accuse Tom Thibodeau, his counterpart, more or less directly, of direct the whistles of the officials… “ Small market teams deserve to have the same opportunity. They deserve a fair chance no matter where they play. […] I always tell my players that you shouldn't attack the referees. But we deserve a real chance. There is no balance and it is disappointing. »
Dissatisfied with the arbitration since the start of the series, the Pacers asked the NBA to examine no less than… 78 actions on which they believe they were at a disadvantage in this conference semi-final. The level of refereeing in Game 3, scheduled for this Friday evening in Indianapolis, will therefore be closely monitored…
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| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Pascal Siakam | 41 | 31.8 | 54.9 | 38.6 | 69.9 | 2.1 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 21.3 |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 69 | 32.2 | 47.7 | 36.4 | 85.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 20.1 |
| Myles Turner | 77 | 27.0 | 52.4 | 35.8 | 77.3 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 59 | 26.1 | 44.6 | 37.4 | 82.1 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 72 | 27.7 | 49.6 | 41.9 | 78.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Bruce Brown, Jr. | 33 | 29.7 | 47.5 | 32.7 | 81.7 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 12.1 |
| Buddy Hield | 52 | 25.7 | 44.3 | 38.4 | 84.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 12.0 |
| Obi Toppin | 82 | 21.1 | 57.3 | 40.3 | 77.0 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| Tj Mcconnell | 71 | 18.2 | 55.6 | 40.9 | 79.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| Jalen Smith | 61 | 17.2 | 59.2 | 42.4 | 69.2 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 68 | 25.0 | 49.8 | 35.7 | 80.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 9.2 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 60 | 12.8 | 66.5 | 0.0 | 71.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 6.4 |
| Jordan Nwora | 18 | 10.1 | 45.1 | 30.6 | 81.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.2 |
| Ben Sheppard | 57 | 14.3 | 39.3 | 31.4 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Doug McDermott | 18 | 11.4 | 40.6 | 32.1 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Jarace Walker | 33 | 10.3 | 40.9 | 40.0 | 88.9 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe | 8 | 5.2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.3 |
| Isaiah Wong | 1 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Daniel Theis | 1 | 8.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Kendall Brown | 15 | 4.2 | 53.3 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| James Johnson | 9 | 5.2 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| Quenton Jackson | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
