Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has been fined $35,000 for criticizing the officiating during his team’s playoff series against the Knicks.
INDIANAPOLIS — The NBA fined Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle $35,000 on Friday for criticizing the officiating in his team’s playoff series with the New York Knicks — comments that also drew the ire of guard Josh Hart.
«Rick’s saying whatever he feels. It has nothing to do with us at the end of the day. I think it’s pretty disrespectful to us,» Hart said after shootaround Friday morning. «Because at the end of the day, we’re out there playing and competing at a high level. It’s not about officiating. It’s not about anything like that.»
As part of his case, Carlisle flagged a non-call when Hart made contact with Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton in the third quarter of the Knicks’ 130-121 Game 2 victory Wednesday.
