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Milwaukee Bucks, sent packing by the Pacers.

Rick Carlisle, third season as the Pacers head coach, joining us on the program.

Go back a week.

When you heard that Janus was not going to be able to play,

might be limited, what adjustments did you make? Well, you know, a couple of the adjustments had to be

with any notion that it was then going to be an easy task to try to beat these guys because they

have veteran experience they're a proud team they've got a lot of physical

toughness and so you know it was just it was uncertain you know I think I think

Giannis's injury it happened about eight to ten days before series was going to start.

Seemed pretty clear that he probably wouldn't play the first game, maybe the first two games,

but there was a lot of just stuff flying around.

It was we just didn't know.

And then, so that was something.

And they were, you know, you know, the not not unpredictably.

There was, I think their team fed the little missing, the information, you know,

pathways a little bit. There was a lot of rumors about this, rumors about that. So, you know, it became,

in a way, a different kind of challenge. What's the differences between playoff coaching

and regular season coaching? Well, Dan, the playoffs are insanity. I mean, it's, you know, I, you know, Steve Nash once said this.

The playoffs are so intense and so emotional that when you win a game in the playoffs,

you get so exuberant, you feel like you're never going to lose again.

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