Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Indianapolis for the foreseeable future. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. But with so many key players already locked up with deals, keeping Carlisle around is yet another essential piece as the Pacers emerge from two seasons of rebuilding.
Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle gives instructions during the first half of the team’s NBA preseason basketball game against the Houston Rockets, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Houston. Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle, center left, has a word with Cleveland Cavaliers head coach J. B. Bickerstaff, center right, during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Indianapolis.
Carlisle returned to the Pacers as head coach in 2021 after spending four seasons with Indiana from 2003-07. He also served as an assistant with Indiana during Larry Bird’s three-year coaching tenure, a span that included the Pacers only NBA Finals appearance in 2000.Mavericks spoil Victor Wembanyama’s NBA debut, beat the Spurs 126-119 in the teams’ openerof the Washington Wizards.
“My first head coaching game was actually in Dallas when they opened the American Airlines Center in 2001,” Carlisle recalled before Wednesday’s game. “Kind of ironic since I ended up being there for many, many years.” And while he — and the Pacers — spent most of this past offseason talking about the need to improve defensively, it was the offense that stole the show in the season opener.
All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton and backup Andrew Nembhard each had double-doubles, free agent acquisition Bruce Brown scored 24 points and made a career-high six 3-pointers as the Pacers produced the franchises’ highest scoring total on opening night. Indiana made 20 3s, three short of the single-game record, and fell two points short of tying the franchise scoring record for a home game.
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