Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle was back on the bench for Saturday’s road game against the Washington Wizards after sitting out Friday’s road game against the New York Knicks because he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Carlisle was in his New York hotel room as the Mavs defeated the Knicks, 99-86. But he was able to travel with them to the nation’s capitol in preparation for Saturday’s 109-87 triumph over the Wizards.
As to the chain of events that forced Carlisle to miss Friday’s game, he had hoped the results of the test he took earlier Friday was a false-positive.