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
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.
doubt good happen looks main
There's no doubt right now that (Jackson) is our main guy. He's going to make some things happen for us. He's going to get some good looks at the basket.
gets hear likely looks unless
We'll see where we go from there after he gets re-evaluated. More than likely it looks like he'll be out unless we hear otherwise.
looks margin players situation zero
We're down a lot of players and it looks like we may be down another. We're in a situation where we have zero margin for error.
defense defensive energy gave great hard huge job looks open played team tough
They didn't do a great job with the coverage, but, hey, the way Tinsley played tonight, he put the defense in a tough situation. That was a huge play because it was so hard for Jermaine to get open looks around the basket. It gave our team some energy at the defensive end.
good hard lead looks lose work
I thought we got some pretty good looks at the end. It's disappointing to work that hard to get the lead and lose it. It's tough.
awareness calls directing great guy knows looks majority opportunity player playing pulse team work
A.J. is playing with great awareness and great savvy. He looks like a guy that understands the pulse of the team he's running. The majority of the game, he's making our calls and directing us into things. He's a guy that really knows this team, as well as any player that I've had the opportunity to work with as a coach.
awareness great guy knows looks opportunity player playing pulse team
A.J. is playing with great awareness and great savvy. He just looks like a guy who understands the pulse of the team he runs. He knows his team as well as any player I've had an opportunity to coach.
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.
basketball build continue good gotta opportunity playoffs start week
We just gotta try to continue to build on what's been a pretty good week of basketball and we've got one more opportunity before the playoffs start and it's important for us.
dig good job missed percent shoot shots team
We missed shots and didn't do a good job defensively. When you let the other team shoot 75 percent in the first quarter, you're going to dig a hole. We have to do better in all areas.
consistency defense establish intensity leads
We have to establish some consistency. We have to have more intensity on defense because that leads to opportunities on offense.
ball defend foul stay trouble turn
We have to defend better, not turn the ball over and stay out of foul trouble.
basketball finishing game gave good great half job momentum playing run second tied
We had the game going pretty well and we were playing good basketball. They made a run at the end of the half and they got the game tied and I thought that gave them a lot of momentum going into the second half. They did a great job of finishing off plays.