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
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.
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.
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.
bad balanced game involved jason jefferson missed normally richard scoring shots standpoint talk terms
Richard Jefferson is going to be more involved in Game 2. We know that Jason Kidd is going to be more involved from a scoring standpoint in terms of his aggressiveness. Carter, you can talk about his bad shooting, but he still had 31 points. He missed a lot of point-blank shots he normally makes. They're going to be more balanced in their attack.
gets good plays quality shots work
With him, it usually comes down to the kind of shots he's getting. We have to work to get him high-quality shots. When he gets good quality shots, he plays very efficiently.
great grenade hand shots year
We dodged a hand grenade at the end of the game. That was a great look and I know he's been making those shots all year long. We feel very fortunate.
create definitely everybody featured gets harder knows shots teams tougher work
He's definitely a more featured player. It gets tougher now because everybody knows how important he is as our No. 1 scorer. We have to work harder to get him better shots and he's going to have to work harder to create opportunities for himself, too, because teams are keying on him.
both decisions great played second shots
In the second half, his disposition was different at both ends. He made great decisions, he played unselfishly and he made big shots when we had to have them. We couldn't have done it without him.
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.
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.
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.