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
course hang heads minutes ourselves stronger time trying
We're trying to hang in. We probably could have done a lot more things over the course of 48 minutes to put ourselves in a stronger position, but we didn't. We don't have much time to hang our heads about this. We've got another one tomorrow.
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We wanted to get the ball into Stephen Jackson's hands. He had been a major force for us the whole game. That last basket of ours was indicative of the whole game. He made the unselfish pass to the open man.
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Every win is important when playoff position is at stake. We've had a string of road losses that's been really tough on us so getting back on track was important.
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Every win is important. Playoff position is at stake and we just had a string of road losses that were tough on us so getting on track was important, and we're starting to get a little confidence in our overall situation as well.
aware close four nine playoff possibilities talking teams
It's very close with teams four through eight. There are some teams out at nine and 10 that are realistically in the picture. You are aware of possibilities and things like that. We're light-years from talking about playoff seeding right now. It's too long to go.
faces team worst
It's the worst thing you can say about your team that you got outworked. They outworked us and they rubbed our faces in it, and they should have.
faces team worst
It's the worst thing you can say about your team that you got outworked, ... They outworked us and they rubbed our faces in it, and they should have.
coming meaningful mind
It's not what we had in mind coming in, but it's a meaningful short-term goal.
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It's the biggest challenge we have, and frankly everyone involved in bird dogs and quail hunting have.
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David is really sorry about this. It's just something we have to keep working at.
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Danny is fortunate he's had the chance to really get some extended time, a chance to be a starter, to come off the bench, and he's learned a lot of what it's about. It's about developing a routine, not just relative to basketball, but relative to day-to-day life. Like keeping things organized and (perfecting) that. If you can do that and have some consistency with it, you can be successful.
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Danny had a great night. We're a different team when he plays the way he did tonight. We need him to continue to play at that level.
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Considering the circumstances, I was happy with our competitive spirit out there. We had a lot of guys that played hard.
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That's something the medical people have to discuss. It's a conversation I haven't been involved in and I don't know what point it's at. You have to look at the long-term future of a young player as well as the short-term gains you have by playing him.