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
breaks carter couple game great huge lucky offensive today
It couldn't have been closer. A couple of breaks went our way at the end, like the offensive rebound, and he (Johnson) made a huge play. We know we got lucky today because we know Vince Carter is not going to have another 1-for-8 three-point game or 12-of-33 game because he's a great player.
offensive quarter team type
They showed in the first quarter what type of team they can be, especially at the offensive end. That was a demolition.
ball boards defensive guard offensive people rebound
I go back to our turnover situation. If they are down, we are going to rebound the ball better because we're going to get more offensive boards and be able to get back and guard people and get more defensive boards.
available changes guard guys hard helps offensive wherever
It helps to have him available because of how it changes things on the offensive end for us. They're going to have to guard him wherever he is on the floor. Defensively, it makes it hard on him because he's guarding guys who are quick. We're going to have to have a lot of help ready.
boards came case game happened haunt hurt offensive
Their offensive rebounding hurt us. It was the first game in a while that the rebounding differential on the offensive boards came back to haunt us. You can make a case that was the game (considering how) much that happened at the end of the game.
feeling
We're going to see how he's feeling tomorrow.
good
When we had good shots, we couldn't get them to go. We weren't good enough tonight, and they were very good, really, for the whole game.
admit areas category
We can do better in some areas and we will. I admit we all have to do better. I put myself in that category as well.
concerns games starting win
We're going to have to win a lot of games, starting with getting our first win, and that's really the only thing that concerns me right now.
based evaluate finding games group guys three
We're finding out more about this group every game. We have a lot of guys that can contribute, but I have to evaluate it based on performance, the rotation, all those things. These (past) three games will be important to look at.
ball behind eight figure fly pants personnel points score seat terms ways
We're behind the eight ball in terms of our personnel that are available. We're going to have to fly by the seat of our pants here, and figure out enough ways to score enough points and get stops.
awhile hanging hopes
We have to go on the idea that he's not going to be here. We can't be hanging our hopes on his return. It's going to be awhile if he comes back at all.
blame bunch fate lousy quarter third
We have no one to blame but ourselves. You play a lousy third quarter and give up a bunch of turnovers, you're going to tempt fate with that kind of play over a 12-minute period.
blame boston hung win
We have no one to blame but ourselves. I give Boston credit. They hung in and did what they have to do to win the game.