The Pacers, down 2-0 entering Saturday night’s Game 3, are coached by Rick Carlisle, a 64-year-old NBA lifer with a million connections to New England and the Celtics.

Pacers coach Rick Carlisle cherishes relationship forged with former Celtics teammate Bill Walton "To me, he was a living, breathing event in history just walking around. He was involved in so ...

Former Boston forward Aaron Nesmith and champion Celtics shooting guard-turned head coach Rick Carlisle have shaken off stagnant stretches of their careers to become key cogs in a machine that has ...

The Boston Celtics won Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals to take a 3-0 lead over the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers brought a 69-57 lead into halftime and a 90-81 lead into the fourth quarter ...

Boston used the 70th overall pick in the 1984 NBA Draft to select Carlisle out of the University of Virginia. As a rookie, Carlisle appeared in 38 games with the Celtics before taking on a bigger ...

Bill Walton once got then-Celtics teammate Rick Carlisle and his future wife all-access tickets for a Grateful Dead show in 1987. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 ...

Don’t forget, the man played with Larry Bird. Carlisle played the majority of his career, three seasons, with the Celtics after having been selected 70 th by the team in the 1984 NBA Draft. As ...

Rick Carlisle has been in the NBA since being drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1984. He is in his fifth NBA Finals, but has he ever won one?

Thirty-five years ago, Walton enticed members of the Celtics, including Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Rick Carlisle and Robert Parish among others to attend two Grateful Dead concerts on Nov. 4-5.

After graduating from college, Carlisle declared for the 1984 NBA Draft and was selected in the third round as the 70th overall by the Boston Celtics.Carlisle's basketball career lasted for five ...