Detroit's coach complained about the officiating of Friday night's playoff game. He said the refs made bad calls, and didn't call some fowls...whatever... I can't believe he complained about that...especially when it pertains to a game against Indiana! Hello??? November 19th anyone? As if nothing bad ever happens to the Pacers..ha..
Pacer's coach Rick Carlisle had this to say in response to Larry Brown:
"I agree with what Larry said," Carlisle responded. "I think the players should decide it. The referee allowed Reggie Miller to decide the game with a difficult shot. He made it. Hey, you can call it an offensive foul maybe it's a flop. Lindsey Hunter is a great defender. You can go either way on that.
"They shot more free throws [28 to 27], we committed more fouls [25 to 23] than they did," he said. "We lose Jermaine O'Neal on an incidental play with 2:30 left to go in the game. I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it. Not with the season we've had. Not with what we had to fight through."
As he said "fight through," Carlisle slammed his right hand on the podium for emphasis. "You must be steadfast in your abstention from falsehood," Carlisle continued. "That's a simple way of saying don't kid yourself. The truth is the truth. We're holding on for dear life, really, all this season, and we have to hear about how the officials blew the game. C'mon! Seriously. I disagree. I think it's ridiculous. Not with the way both teams played."
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The end of the season is going to suck for the Pacers, just remember that. While I'll say that the league is pretty sketchy with all the drama recently, Indiana will not win because:
a.) They're an Indiana athletic team.
b.) Money rules this league and ultimately people don't buy into hard fought happy endings.
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