Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
Richard Preston "Rick" Carlisleis the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He has also served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons and was previously a player in the NBA. He is also one of only 11 people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 October 1959
CityOgdensburg, NY
basketball bass bull good hit team third
We're not a very good basketball team right now. This was very disappointing. We couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle. The ball not going in in the third was key.
course early force fourth leave meet mistakes throughout tough
When you make the kind of mistakes we made throughout the course of the whole game, you just leave too much to chance. They were aggressive, they did some things that made it tough on us. But you've got to meet force with force in this league. Early fourth we didn't do it.
advantage close free games hurt throw
When you have opportunities to close out games you have to take advantage of them. We had a couple. We got hurt at the free throw line. We got hurt on second-chance opportunities.
bad feeling good news plane ready
The good news is he is feeling better; the bad news is he's not ready to get on a plane and come out here and play.
moving
We are, without question, moving into a new era,
biggest doubt reason
Without a doubt. He is the biggest reason why they're where they are now. There's nothing he can't do.
cinderella coached people shock tournament
We were very much a Cinderella team, and we were able to shock a lot of people in that tournament because we were so well coached and prepared.
allowed group night played quarter shoot tonight undoing won
We have the same group that played well and won the other night. We're not going to make excuses. Our undoing tonight was the first quarter when we allowed them to shoot over 77 percent. That got them going early.
created easiest good hung looks shots
We hung in, competed, and had chances. We created a lot of good looks for ourselves, but weren't able to make some of the easiest shots we had on the whole trip.
belief collective effort personnel standpoint strong
We know that right now from a personnel standpoint we're not at our best, but there's a lot you can make up for with a strong collective effort and a strong belief in one other.
pick speed today
We went through and did things two-thirds speed (Friday) without any collisions. We got a sweat. Today we were able to pick it up a little bit.
couple days decision
We'll see. I have a couple of days to make a decision if we need to do anything with the lineup. We'll go the way we think is best.
defensive errors kick ourselves terrible
We just made some terrible errors down the stretch. They got going and then we compounded it with some defensive mistakes. We'll kick ourselves -- again.
condition decision half heavy ice minutes position practice trying
We're trying to condition him into a position where he can play with consistency. My decision was to play him heavy minutes the first half and then ice him down, have him for practice tomorrow.