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Is Pacers' Rick Carlisle right to be upset about officiating in Knicks series and a big-market bias?

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It wouldn’t be the playoffs we know and love without some campaigning and allegations that something nefarious is at work with officiating.

Madison Square Garden, a rowdy and desperate Knicks crowd, the Indiana Pacers on the other end, and a national TV audience.

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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle took to his pulpit after his team blew Game 2 to the Knicks, putting them in an 0-2 hole before heading home to Indianapolis. No doubt he was frustrated after two games of some shoddy officiating, some moments those refs would like to have back and a couple of unforgivable calls that went the Knicks’ way.