Rick Carlisle Quotes

You can't look at their record. They've been a problem for us the last two years. We did some good things to put us in a strong situation and made some mistakes. - Rick Carlisle

You can't do that and beat a good team like that. - Rick Carlisle

You can tell he's worked to keep himself ready. We'll see how things go in terms of the rotation and injuries. We know Austin is a very dependable professional that's going to be ready to play. Now it's a matter of getting some conditioning, getting some rhythm back. (Thursday) was a step in the right direction. - Rick Carlisle

Yao has been playing great for a long stretch. I thought our guys battled him and did a good job in a lot of areas, but we could have done better as a team. You give up 38, that's a lot. - Rick Carlisle

Without a doubt. He is the biggest reason why they're where they are now. There's nothing he can't do. - Rick Carlisle

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. - Rick Carlisle

With 18 games left, I think everybody is getting into a playoff mode here. Let's face it, from five on down to eight, there's going to be two or three games separating (the teams). So each win is really vital. - Rick Carlisle

With 15 games left, we have to get to the group we feel can make a run. - Rick Carlisle

When you turn it over 22 times for 30 points, you're not going to beat a top team. One of the characteristics of our recent good play is we haven't been turning the ball over and we've been rebounding well. Tonight, that was part of our undoing. - Rick Carlisle

When you make the kind of mistakes we made throughout the course of the whole game, you just leave too much to chance. They were aggressive, they did some things that made it tough on us. But you've got to meet force with force in this league. Early fourth we didn't do it. - Rick Carlisle

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