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
carter difference played
I thought we played hard. I thought we rebounded well. (Jason) Kidd and (Vince) Carter are difference makers.
finding gave great guys hanging ourselves played stepped
I thought our guys showed a lot guts, hanging and finding a way to claw back in the game. Jermaine O'Neal was great and we had a lot of other guys who stepped up and played big. We had a chance, we gave ourselves a chance.
dig hard played
We played really hard, really together. It's hard to dig yourself out of that big of a hole.
basis consistent game great hard played second start tonight
Our start to the game was OK. But the second quarter, they had 32 (points) and we couldn't keep them under 30 after that. They played great offensively. During this 15-game period, we've competed hard on a consistent basis and tonight we had a letdown from that.
chicago dig fortunate hard hump last learn played poor pull undoing
Our undoing was in the first half. I thought we played really well, really hard and really together. It's hard to dig yourself out of that big of a hole. We have to learn something from the last two games. We got fortunate in Chicago because we were able to pull it out when we played a poor first half. But we weren't able to get over the hump (Monday).
johnson played shots teammates
Johnson played great. We did a lot of different things on him defensively, but he was able to get shots or get teammates shots.
group played
We've got the same group that played well the other night. We are not going to make excuses.
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.
fit high level nba played player proven
He's fit in well. He's a proven NBA player who's played at a high level for many years.
favorite hard played players work
He was one of my favorite players to work with because of how hard he played and the things he does on the court.
camp great locker minutes played terrific training
He just wasn't able to get enough minutes for us to keep him here. He played well and had a great training camp and was terrific in the locker room. It's just one of those timing-type things.
everybody hung last played remember time
I can't remember the last time we had 25 assists. That had a lot to do with it. Everybody hung in and played an important part.
felt guys hat meant played playoffs second
We felt the like the playoffs are our second chance, and guys played like it really meant something to them. My hat is off to them.
game games played quick start three worst
At the start of the game he struggled. Of all the games that he's played in it was the worst start to a game that he's had. He got three quick fouls.