Rick Carlisle didn’t particularly care for the overall joyfulness of the big picture.
Christmas? Good cheer? Happy holidays?
Bah-humbug.
It wasn’t a time to be festive, not after losing a 30-point lead to the Toronto Raptors and absorbing one of the worst losses of the season, and, to be honest, in franchise history. Yes, maybe even worse than losing to the Knicks.
Twice.
Carlisle made it clear after the Mavericks’ 110-107 loss that being 19-10 overall and 11-3 on the road doesn’t really mean a whole lot to him right now.