US EditionPacers Coach Rick Carlisle Offers Defense of Scott Foster After Referee Receives Criticism in Game 4
- Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle defended referee Scott Foster after Game 4 of the 2025 NBA Finals in Oklahoma City.
- The criticism followed Foster calling 23 personal fouls in a game where the Pacers lost after a fourth-quarter collapse and 10 fouls against them.
- Carlisle, who has known Foster for 30 years, called the scrutiny of Foster 'terrible, unfair, unjust, and stupid' while praising his playoff performance.
- Game 4 ended with a 111-104 Thunder victory, with the Thunder outscoring the Pacers 32-17 in the fourth quarter and both teams combining for 71 free throws.
- Carlisle's defense suggests a desire to shift focus to team fouls as a key factor, with implications for ongoing discussion about officiating fairness in the series.
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Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle defends referee Scott Foster after ‘unfair and unjust’ criticism
OKLAHOMA CITY — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster on Sunday, evidently aware of the mountains of online criticism that came after Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Foster was one of the three on-court referees assigned to Game 4, which had more fouls called and more free throws awarded than any of the three previous games in the series. Foster — who has long been a lightning…
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