Pacers coach Rick Carlisle defended ESPN's Doris Burke before Game 1 of the NBA Finals. You know that story. What happened next? Let Doris Burke tell you that one.

A report before Game 1 suggested ESPN could replace Burke in its NBA Finals broadcast booth next year. Carlisle objected to the timing, and to anonymous sources doing the dirty work.

Carlisle and Burke have a long professional history, and as luck would have it, they visited moments after Carlisle said what he said Thursday evening.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has said what he’s said before Game 1 of the NBA Finals and now NBA analyst Doris Burke of ESPN is trending nationally on social media, which happens from time to time. Happens to a lot of people in the business, to some more than others. And some forms

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