Pacers' Rick Carlisle Makes Eye Opening Comments on Officials Ahead of NBA Finals Game 5 originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder found themselves deadlocked at two wins apiece heading into Monday night's 8:30 p.m. tip-off at the Paycom Center in OKC.

Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster, evidently aware of mountains of online criticism.

Rick Carlisle and his Indiana Pacers have been the 2nd best team in the league since January 1st, and it was only fitting that they faced off against Mark Daigneault and his league-best Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals.

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.

The former Mavericks owner wanted the superstar point guard for the Mavericks, but his former coach stole him away.

T.J. McConnell was a big reason for the Pacers' Game 3 win, and head coach Rick Carlisle compared him to Alex Caruso.