INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle walked away from a 125-124 home loss to the Charlotte Hornets still perplexed at the officials' fourth-quarter technical foul on Aaron Nesmith that ultimately handed the visitors the single point (by way of LaMelo Ball's free throw) they needed to hold off the host's second-half barrage of 3-pointers.
With just over five minutes to play and the Pacers down seven (117-110), Indiana guard Bruce Brown held the ball at the top of the key, with Nesmith, Tyrese Haliburton and their respective Hornet defenders, JT Thor and Brandon Miller, crowded on the right block.