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Pacers' Carlisle fined $10,000
Posted: Monday May 29, 2000 04:26 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Indiana Pacers assistant coach Rick Carlisle was fined $10,000 for deliberately tripping Latrell Sprewell of the New York Knicks in the third quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. "I'm sorry that it ever happened," Carlisle said Monday. "I'm embarrassed that it happened."Rod Thorn, NBA executive vice president, announced the fine on Monday, one day after the Knicks learned Sprewell had fractured a bone in his left foot in a separate incident later in the game. Carlisle tripped Sprewell during the third quarter. He said he gestured to Sprewell during the game, attempting to apologize. He added that he spoke with Sprewell after the game, clearing things up."Ten thousand is a lot," Carlisle said. "But players are valuable. They are what the league is all about, so I understand it." The trip occurred with 4:54 left in the third quarter of the Knicks' 98-95 victory at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks were calling the injury to Sprewell, who scored 32 points in Game 3 as New York cut Indiana's lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series, a bruise until an MRI after practice Sunday revealed what the team called "an incomplete fracture." Sprewell said he injured his foot while diving for a loose ball with 30 seconds left to play.
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