Rick Carlisle on how the Pacers are preparing for the NBA FINALS 🏆 | The Pat McAfee Show
On The Pat McAfee Show, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle joins Pat and the crew to discuss defeating the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals, how they are preparing to play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2025 NBA Finals and more.
0:00 Beating the Knicks in the ECF
5:18 Q&A with Rick Carlisle
13:00 Prepping to play OKC in the Finals
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31 Comments
Sunny days a head, Pacer are on 🔥, they are some bad mfs , i got them in 6
As a diehard mavs fan I'm rooting on rick Carlisle and the team
Hall of fame coach
Rick knew Luka was soft and thats why they never got along.
I didn't know Jim Carrey played the Rick Carlisle role
Carlisle defeated superteam MIA Heat with an experienced champion coach in 2011, and then without a doubt, it will be Carlisle again in 2025🔥🔥🔥
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Shout out Thomas Bryant, glad to see him go on from my Wizards and get shine
Don't allow OKC to punk you with fouls regardless of how many the refs refuse to call. They present themselves as choir boys but they're dirty.
Game 1 Pacers ML
i dont know man, but people really saying that okc gonna win easy.. Pacers got 10 man rotation as well as the thunder, they got got elite perimeter defense as well. This should be a very fun one and i would not be surprise if Pacers will pull this off base on the style of play that carlisle inject to the system when per game you dont know who is the top scorer in that Pacers squad
Punch her in the arm when you see her😂
…and played w Ralph Sampson! Used to play golf w his dad.
Hey don't forget TJ I've been a long time admirer of MT and TM sticking it out with the Pacers! Those 4 guys set the culture TJ the GLUE guy defends creates and makes shots!!!
Nba needs new heroes and story lines. The rise of Okc and Indiana is good for the league. Perhaps less 3s and load management can be a thing of the past.
Interesting world challenging
elderly abuse
Lets get your 3rd ring coach
Carlisle can prep the Pacers all he wants…The Thunder are gonna through Indiana like a tornado in the Midwest.
Pascal & Carlise championship experience is fueling the guys with no championship experience
My heart says Pacers but my head says Thunder!
Carlisle >Kidd
Pacers were still 8pt underdogs against Cleveland in game 5 even though they were up 3-1?
I think Thunder win it in 5 but don't be shocked if the pacers somehow pull it off they been doing it all postseason.
I hope the pacers have Hoosiers on repeat til Thursday, lfg boys.
I keep telling people if we didn’t have Rick as a coach we wouldn’t of made it this far coaching matters just as much as players #balance 💪🏾👌🏾
nobody is watching the finals
Blessings on BLESSINGS Brothers 💪🏻🏀👍🏻 #ControlCertains🏀💪🏻👍🏻
I love this team, this coach, and this style of basketball! Go Pacers!
Beo, im so proud of these boys!!!
Carlisle came into the league as a player on those Larry Bird Celtics teams. He learned good ball right from the start.