The New York Knicks have defeated the Indiana Pacers in the second game of the Conference Semifinals. The Knicks surpassed the Pacers with a concluding score of 130-121.
NEW YORK IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT 🔥
Knicks take a 2-0 lead over the Pacers as the series heads to Indy! pic.twitter.com/ALip8aIj7v
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However, the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, Rick Carlisle, has recently announced that he will be taking the officiating matter to the league’s office. Carlisle also mentioned that the calls made by the Referees in the second game were upsetting.
The head coach received two technical fouls, with which he faced ejection from the game. Carlisle also shed light on the shortcomings of officiating in Game 1, which the Pacers lost with a final score of 117-121.
Rick Carlisle and the Pacers are NOT happy about how the series is being officiated 😳
(via @WindhorstESPN) pic.twitter.com/dBaYHssZ0L
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 9, 2024
Overnight the Pacers filed 49 calls they felt were incorrect from Game 2 to the NBA office, according to a league source. And they sent in the 29 from Game 1 they'd previously withheld as well, for a total of 78. https://t.co/coOKONZDZY
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) May 9, 2024
Rick Carlisle was ejected with under a minute to go in Game 2. pic.twitter.com/Sdw1hqrM4d
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Here's Rick Carlisle's full opening statement about the officiating pic.twitter.com/XiyFRl3O9h
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He mentioned as per Awful Announcing, “After Game 1, we always go through the film and games where it felt like the whistles weren’t balanced, we pull the clips and there’s a way you can submit them to the NBA office. There were 29 plays in Game 1 we thought were clearly called the wrong way. I decided not to submit them, because I just felt like, you know, we get a more balanced whistle tonight. It didn’t feel that way.”
He further continued expressing his opinions when Josh Hart pushed Haliburton in the back, “The whole world knows Haliburton’s got a bad back, and Hart comes up and shoves him in the back. It’s all over Twitter right now. He shoves Ty right into the corner, and there’s no whistle. And so that was shocking and there are many others. But I can promise that we are going to submit these tonight.”
“I’m always talking to our guys about not making it about the officials, but we deserve a fair shot, and there’s not a consistent balance, and that’s disappointing. Give New York credit for the physicality they’re playing with, but their physicality is rewarded and ours is penalized, time after time. I’m just really disappointed.”
On the Knicks side, Jalen Brunson scores team-high 29 points, along with 2 rebounds, and five assists. OG Anunoby added 28 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. Donte DiVincenzo added 28 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Tyrese Haliburton scored a game high 34 points, including 6 rebounds, and 9 assists. Obi Toppin added 20 points, and Andrew Nembhard ended his game with 15 points.
