Nine times out of 10, when I hear Coach Rick Carlisle's name mentioned on local radio or television, it's only to note how stoic and unanimated he can be on the sidelines. Rarely do I heard Coach Carlisle get the kind of praise he deserves for leading this season's Mavericks to another winning year. Fans and media alike too often tend to take Carlisle and his coaching abilities for granted. (Have people already forgotten what he was able to do with the ragtag team he had left in Indy after the Ron Artest debacle in Detroit? Who else could have taken that group of guys and made something out of essentially nothing the way that he did?) So I was thrilled to hear that the NBA named Coach Carlisle the Western Conference Coach of the Month for April.
During the month of April, the Mavericks went 5-2, with their only losses coming at home to the Orlando Magic and the (at the time) red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder. Dallas ended their year by winning eight of their last ten games, including a five game winning streak to close out the season. They posted the league's best road record at 27-14, to go along with a 28-13 home record. For the 10th consecutive season, the Mavs (55-27) posted 50 or more victories. Congratulations to Coach Carlisle and the Mavericks on another great season!
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