Rick Carlisle compared the Mavericks 'abominable' start to a Donald Trump debate performance

Carlisle earned brownie points with his boss Mark Cuban and a large plurality of American voters. Rick Carlisle's Dallas Mavericks went down 21-4 to the Houston Rockets within the first seven minutes of the team's penultimate preseason game Wednesday. Meanwhile, Donald Trump debated Hillary Clinton for the third and final time in Las Vegas. According to public polling, Trump has been trailing by increasing margins since the first presidential debate nearly a month ago. After the game, Carlisle m...