INDIANAPOLIS — It didn’t take long for the anger in Rick Carlisle’s voice to surface during his postgame press conference.
The Pacers blew a late fourth-quarter lead for the second time in three games, and the mere mention of how Indiana lost Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals after being up 8 with less than three minutes to go irked him.
Carlisle waved his hand and cut off the first question after his opening statement before it was finished.
“I just watched the ending,” Carlisle said. “So, You don’t need to remind me. I saw everything that happened.