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Carlisle: ‘Seems like somebody’s out there pulling the strings’ on all this weirdness

The weird stuff-o-meter continues to flick into the red these days.

Rick Carlisle has had to get used to ignoring the question: what else can happen? That’s because if you start thinking about it, something you hadn’t even considered will crop up.

Like a historic freeze and power-shortage crisis.

It’s enough to make a person wonder.

“To me, the important thing is to work through all of it – always hoping for the best, but being ready for more surprises,” Carlisle said Wednesday after a practice on a day that was supposed to include a game against Detroit.