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they are soft.
A bit of drama in the Mavs locker room:
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ory?id=6200741
NEW ORLEANS -- Frustrated after watching his team bungle a 10-point bulge heading into the fourth quarter and then spit up a seven-point lead with 1:13 to go courtesy of multiple errors, Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle pulled no punches, and perhaps even dropped one on his club below the belt.
"Soft," Carlisle said of his team after a disappointing 93-92 loss to a slumping New Orleans Hornets team that kept pushing even without its concussed floor leader Chris Paul.
"Yeah," the coach reiterated, "soft."
That description touched a nerve in an otherwise quiet Mavs locker room, which was likely Carlisle's intent after a second loss in three games in which Dallas blew double-digit second-half leads in both.
The Mavericks have a half-game lead on the Los Angeles Lakers for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference heading into Thursday's home game against the New York Knicks.
"I wouldn't go that far," said center Tyson Chandler, who returned from a sprained right ankle and recorded his 17th double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds. His only blemish was clanking two free throws with 17.7 seconds left that kept the Mavs' margin at two, 92-90.
"Who said that?" Jason Terry said, scoffing at the accusation after he had an off night -- rare for him of late -- with 10 points. "I'm not soft, not me. I don't know where that comes from, but we ain't soft. We have to see how he meant soft in that aspect, but I know he wasn't talking to me personally or any of my teammates because I don't think none of these guys are soft."
What chafed Carlisle was a rebounding total that had the Mavs on the wrong end, 44-31, and a devastating 24-11 in the second half that included no offensive boards, meaning no second possessions, not a single tip-in or tip-out. While Chandler secured 13 boards, the other nine that played totaled 18.
"I think we've just got to be tougher," Carlisle said quietly. "Got to be tougher." Carlisle didn't think his team played tough enough in a third highly physical matchup with the Hornets every time it extended the lead -- to 70-60 after three quarters, to 76-65 with 8:22 to play, to 82-73 with 4:35 to go, to 89-81 with 2:26 left and finally to 92-85 with 1:13 to go.
"When you have a seven-point lead with 1:13 to go, you've got to finish it off by making the plays," Carlisle said. "Credit them for making plays, and we did not."
Chandler missed two free throws in the final minute to set up Jarrett Jack's final three free throws, thanks to an uncharacteristic foul by Jason Kidd behind the arc with 8.4 seconds to play.
Terry took exception to the foul call on Jack, who started in place of Paul and finished with 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds.
"I don't know if Jarrett Jack gets that call," Terry said. "We know Kevin Durant does. You know Kobe may get it. But I don't know about Jarrett Jack. That's just my personal opinion. So we've got to live with it, take it on the chin and go ahead and get ready to get this next one."
Kidd, who struggled for three points on 0-of-7 shooting with seven assists, wasn't as dismayed by the call as Terry.
"I felt that he was going to shoot the 3 ... He did a good job of drawing the foul," Kidd said. "As a defender you don't think you fouled, but they called it and it was a smart foul on his part."
they are soft.
lol JET butthurt
Fire Carlisle
I'm interested to see how the players respond to this on the court. This is something I was hoping to finally see from Carlisle. Sometimes you gotta take a risk and call your team out publicly.
Gonna be at the game tonight. Hopefully they don't let me down and lose, and waste my money and time.
Should be a great game...Melo is a Mav killer though
or season.
and Dirk is an Amare/Knicks killer. I see the Mavs coming out with some fire in their belly tonight.
huh?
Carlile would wipe the floor with turtle.
Barea or any regular poster here would wipe the floor with turtlehead
Both teams on a B2B--last second finishes, to boot. Dallas needs to win this game in the fourth (instead of blowing their wad the first 3 quarters), where they've been shaky lately. No Billups to lead them in to hostile territory so i expect the Mavs to come out on top.
is that why Amare averages 30pts a game vs. the mavs the last few games?
anyway, my mavs better win this
carlisle with the goods
Who said that?
In what other aspect could Carlisle possibly have meant the word "soft"?And how does he mean that Carlisle wasn't talking to him or his teammates - who else could he possibly have been talking about?
Every time Terry opens his mouth, you realize that he's a bit stupider than you thought
God, that gif never gets old. Look at how re ed he looks.
The plane ride from New Orleans to Dallas was so quiet you could hear a SEASON drop i said!
agreed
what does that have to do with Dirk always scoring at will against Amare and the Knicks in general?is that why Amare averages 30pts a game vs. the mavs the last few games?
anyway, my mavs better win this
I have a feeling for some reason that we are going to see some extended minutes for Roddy tonight, and hes going to have a 20+ point game.
Dumb statement really (by Carslile that is).
His team is 19-3 in their last 22 with those three losses coming by a combined....wait for it.......3 points.
If he's going to call them out, he should wait until they've almost choked another first round series away.
yeah, they have won a lot of games, but a lot of them have been too close. they have gotten pretty fortunate in several of them. they need to start playing with some more fire and passion, especially with the playoffs coming up. they need to develop some cohesion with all the injuries and signings that has come up and thrown the rotations off.
Brewer a DNP
Roddy only 13 minutes
Cardinal getting 21 minutes
The Mavs might be soft, but Carlisle is re ed, which is way worse.
MONo, who is that Color Me Bad? I know it's a cheesy late 80's or early 90's group but I cant place 'em ...
IF I ever had publicity photos like that I think I would off myself ... LOL
You don't remember this ditty?
As for Mavs Im sure he meant more mental than physical though Im sure a little more physical wouldn't hurt.
David West attempts to punk Dirk EVERYTIME ... Maybe deshawn or somebody might try a hard retaliation foul. I know that happened late and you dont want to give away free points in a close game ...but did you SEE how that changed the momentum? Somebody needs to perform a flagrant 1 on West or he will keep punking dirk ...IMHO
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LOL it is them ...the classic "I wanna sex you up" ... ROFL ...man dem cats make the Mavs look like thugs ...Rick C shouldnt throw soft around like that ... CMB = soft ...
Was their name meant to be ironic or sarcastic ...what is Bad about those flamers?
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