Pacers owner Herb Simon made the call to fire coach Jim O'Brien, according to Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star.

Indiana fired O'Brien on Sunday after three-plus seasons.

During a press conference, president Larry Bird spoke as if the decision was his.

"Mr. Simon was out there on the West Coast trip and at the time, I told him I was comfortable with Jimmy," Bird said. "But I wanted to see how we played on the trip. Then we came home against Orlando and the game was over after the first three minutes, so that's when I really started to think we needed to do something.

"And I called Mr. Simon up and told him and he said, 'Whatever you want to do.' So here we are."