T he NBA Finals are set, and the Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 on June 5. The Thunder are heavy favorites, ... Rick Carlisle Gives Thunder Credit.

Rick Carlisle recalls what James Johnson said about fighting in the NBA: "We don't start things, we finish them" originally ...

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Head coach Rick Carlisle’s Pacers became the first team since Rick Carlisle’s 2011 Dallas Mavericks to complete a 15-point comeback in an NBA Finals contest, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN.

When NBA pundits discuss who the all-time greatest coach is, names such as Gregg Popovich and Phil Jackson usually come up. As for active coaches, Steve Kerr and Erik Spoelstra are the popular names.

Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein on the differences between a seven-game series against the Pacers and Nuggets ...

2025 NBA Finals. Pacers are runners-up to remember despite Finals loss to Thunder. ... Rick Carlisle and the Pacers gave the Thunder everything they could handle in the 2025 NBA Finals.

Turner signed a four-year deal worth $108.9 million to become their new starting center. He is now part of the team that the Pacers hate the most. Rick Carlisle will have a new center to coach.

2025 NBA Finals: 4 things to watch ... for sure,” Indiana’s Rick Carlisle said. “So we’ll see.” Carlisle’s group came up with a crafty change in Game 6.

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton will play in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the OKC Thunder on Thursday.

For his NBA Finals rotation, ... It’s no coincidence that four of Rick Carlisle’s five most-used lineups in the finals’ first six games each consisted of at least four of these shooters.

That was before Haliburton’s injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals that might sideline him for a full year, which figures to hamper Indiana’s chances to be competitive next season. However ...