480 ordspråk av Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
The first half was disappointing again and we have to solve that. This is a very important time for us if we're going to be a team that makes the playoffs.
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The good news is he is feeling better; the bad news is he's not ready to get on a plane and come out here and play.
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The good news is we're 1-0 on the road in our last one game. … We've had some very good stretches of play on the road. We're going to have to sustain it better.
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The group that was out there was going good. I didn't want to disrupt that momentum at that point. You're getting into a high frequency of games. If you find a group that's clicking, you have to stick with them.
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The guy's at the top of his game. It's a rare opportunity to see a guy perform at this level.
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The guys got together and decided to make a stand. If we hadn't won three straight games, we could easily be out of the playoff picture.
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The injuries are disappointing, but I'm not dismayed about it because we don't have anything that's really severe, and guys are getting better.
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The key part of the game was the end of the second quarter. They did a great job finishing plays and giving themselves a chance to win. ... We couldn't get over the hump.
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The last couple games we've gotten things back on track a little bit and we've got to keep going in that vein. We still are not in (the playoffs). We have a long way to go. We're going to have to win our way in because everybody else we're fighting against has got favorable schedules and are playing well.
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The last six games, we've done a lot of things very well. We've done certain things better than we were doing them before.
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The margin for error for us is nonexistent. You have to really be great in all areas and playing at the highest (levels) in all areas. There were some things that happened that were mistakes that can't happen on the court. From a coaching standpoint, those things are part of the game and one of the things that makes it so difficult.
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The second and third quarters hurt us defensively. We struggled and had some stretches where we couldn't stop them. Detroit is a team that is going to do a good job in the last play type of situations, but I'm more in tune to what happened in the second and third quarters than on the last play.
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The situation with his hip is very positive, ... He has a lingering Achilles (tendon) problem from last year. He has been taking treatment on it the last couple of months. I think his timetable to play at 100 percent is going to be a little further down the line.
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The situation with his hip is very positive. He has a lingering Achilles (tendon) problem from last year. He has been taking treatment on it the last couple of months. I think his timetable to play at 100 percent is going to be a little further down the line.
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The story of the game, statistically anyway, is the turnovers.
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