The Pool Report interview was conducted by Dustin Dopirak, (Indianapolis Star) with Crew Chief James Capers following tonight’s Cleveland Cavaliers at Indiana Pacers Game.  

QUESTION:  Why was Donovan Mitchell not called for travelling during the possession in which he passed the ball to himself off the backboard?  Rick Carlisle thought that was a travel, why was that not called a travel?

CAPERS: It is a legal play by rule for a player to throw the ball off the backboard and be the first one to gain possession.

QUESTION: Should there have been a travel after it looked like maybe he hopped after he caught it?

CAPERS: Upon review, when we got into the locker room, we see that there was a hop step.

QUESTION: Why was Rick Carlisle ejected?

CAPERS: He aggressively charged in the direction of an official which he received the first technical foul, and it did not dissolve, he continued that act while clapping in the direction and official, he was given a second technical foul.