As Rick Carlisle assessed the pros and cons of the new coach’s challenge rule that went decidedly con for the Mavericks on Sunday evening, he started a far more impactful discussion about his basketball team.
“That’s not the reason we lost the game,” Carlisle said Monday. “There certainly was a spotlight put on it. But there were a lot of things we could have done prior to that to put ourselves in a better position and that’s what we got to work toward.”
The good thing about the NBA is that there’s always another game coming down the road, usually in NASCAR fashion – fast and furious.