Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was fined $25,000 after his team’s Game 3 loss to the Houston Rockets for criticizing the officials. He wasn’t about to let his mouth lighten his wallet again on Sunday night.
After the Mavs beat the Rockets in Game 4 to extend the series and avoid a sweep, a reporter asked Carlisle about the physicality of the game with five technical fouls and 52 fouls total being called. Rather than risk saying something about the refs, Carlisle taped his own mouth shut.
“Are you asking me a question about the officiating?” Carlisle said.