In North AmericaThe achievement of the head coach of Indiana is echoing in the NBA basketball league Pacers.
Rick Carlisle led Indiana from the bench to a 114:112 victory against the Charlotte Hornets. It was his jubilee 1,000. career victory. A great personal jubilee was also achieved by Anthony Edwards, who at the age of 24 exceeded the limit of 10,000 scored points in the NBA league.
Cameroonian Pascal Siakam (30 points, 14 rebounds) brought his coach 1,000 with a layup in the last attack of the match. victory after 13 consecutive defeats.
Sixty-six-year-old Carlisle became the 11th coach in the NBA to record 1,000 regular-season wins in his 25-year career.
He is the second active head coach with the most wins, behind Doca Rivers (1,178), while the record is held by Gregg Popovich, who led the San Antonio Spurs from 1996 to 2024.
Carlisle has coached only three teams so far: Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks and Indiana Pacers. After his playing career ended, the former player first worked as an assistant coach from 1989 to 2000, before being named head coach of the Detroit Pistons in 2001. Carlisle was named coach of the year in 2002, and the following season he led Detroit to the finals of the Eastern Conference.
After an initial episode in Indiana (2003–2007), Carlisle left a deep mark on the NBA during his stay in Dallas (2008–2021), where he won the championship together with Dirk Nowitzki in 2011.
Carlisle, who lost to champion Oklahoma City in the seventh game of the finals last spring, currently has to settle for the worst performance in the league this season (7 wins and 31 losses), since the team lost all hope of making the playoffs after a serious injury to playmaker Tyrese Haliburton.
In Minneapolis, Anthony Edwards scored 25 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 131:122 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. At 24 years and 156 days, he became the third youngest player to exceed the 10,000 point mark, after LeBron James (23 years and 59 days) and Kevin Durant (24 years and 33 days).
With Rudy Gobert, who recorded a double-double performance (11 points, 13 rebounds), Minnesota climbed to fourth place in the Western Conference (25 wins, 13 losses).
Utah Jazz basketball players defeated Dallas 116:114, and Lauri Markkanen stood out with 33 points. With Dallas, Cooper Flagg was the most effective with 29 points, ten rebounds and eight assists. BH. basketball player Jusuf Nurkić missed this match due to injury.
The game between Chicago and Miami had to be canceled and postponed due to water on the floor of the United Center. Water penetrated the field due to heavy rainfall in Illinois, and the new date of the game will be announced later.
– results:
Charlotte Hornets – Indiana Pacers 112:114
Minnesota Timberwolves – Cleveland Cavaliers 131:122
Utah Jazz – Dallas Mavericks 116:114
– east:
Detroit Pistons 28 9 75.7
New York Knicks 24 13 64.9
Boston Celtics 23 13 63.9
Toronto Raptors 23 15 60.5
Philadelphia 76ers 20 15 57.1
Orlando Magic 21 17 55.3
Miami Heat 20 17 54.1
Cleveland Cavaliers 21 18 53.8
Atlanta Hawks 18 21 46.2
Chicago Bulls 17 20 45.9
Milwaukee Bucks 16 21 43.2
Charlotte Hornets 13 25 34.2
Brooklyn Nets 11 23 32.4
Washington Wizards 10 26 27.8
Indiana Pacers 7 31 18.4
– west:
Oklahoma City Thunder 31 7 81.6
San Antonio Spurs 26 11 70.3
Denver Nuggets 25 12 67.6
Minnesota Timberwolves 25 13 65.8
Los Angeles Lakers 23 12 65.7
Houston Rockets 22 12 64.7
Phoenix Suns 22 15 59.5
Golden State Warriors 20 18 52.6
Portland Trail Blazers 18 20 47.4
Memphis Grizzlies 16 21 43.2
Dallas Mavericks 14 24 36.8
LA Clippers 13 23 36.1
Utah Jazz 13 24 35.1
Sacramento Kings 8 29 21.6
New Orleans Pelicans 8 31 20.5
(Vijesti.ba / FENA)
