Rick Carlisle finally broke a long losing streak in the Playoffs as his Indiana Pacers upset the Milwaukee Bucks in 6 games
won the 2011 NBA Finals. For some, it feels like yesterday. For former head coach Rick Carlisle , it probably felt like an eternity, as he just won his first NBA Playoffs series as a head coach since those Finals.
Now the head coach for the 6-seeded Indiana Pacers, Carlisle guided his young squad to a first-round upset against the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks in six games, capped off by a 120-98 win in Indiana Thursday night. The Bucks were playing without superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, while Damian Lillard tried to play through a sore Achilles tendon.Carlisle and the Mavericks went their separate ways after the 2021 Playoffs, a series the Mavericks lost in 7 games to the Los Angeles Clippers.
The first postseason following the departure of Carlisle ended in a Western Conference Finals run for the Mavericks, as his former point guard Jason Kidd guidedand Jalen Brunson to a win over the Utah Jazz in the first round, a second-round upset of the top-seeded Phoenix Suns, before losing to the Golden State Warriors in the West Finals.Carlisle landed with the Pacers after he departed from Dallas, the team he was coaching before being hired by Mark Cuban and the Mavericks in 2008.
The Mavericks will look to advance to the Western Conference Semifinals Friday in Game 6 against the Clippers, which will be at 8:30 p.m. CST from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.Luka, Kyrie's Mavs Lead NBA in Clutch Game Win Percentage; Good Sign for Playoffs?
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