Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle took exception to criticism levied at officiating in the NBA Finals, specifically the rebukes of Scott Foster.

If there's undue slander against an individual in the NBA community, one can always rely on the Pacers head coach to set the record straight.

After Game 3, Rick Carlisle and his Indiana Pacers led the NBA Finals. In Game 4, they were in the The post Rick Carlisle Slams ‘Unfair’ Scrutiny of Scott Foster After NBA Finals Officiating Controversy appeared first on FirstSportz.

Indiana's Rick Carlisle is back in the Finals, continuing the dream he started pursuing while growing up in small-town New York.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The drive between the little upstate New York towns of Lisbon and Ogdensburg, by Rick Carlisle’s recollection, would take about eight minutes. In that part of the world, in the St. Lawrence valley just a few miles south of Canada, that’s like going next door.

Charles Barkley joked about the Knicks' coaching search strategy by making a direct reference to the Pacers' head coach Rick Carlisle.

Tyrese Haliburton credits Rick Carlisle as a 'basketball savant' who elevated his game as the Pacers lead the Thunder 2-1 in the NBA Finals.