Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Rick Carlisle and Isiah Thomas

This is the detail of NBA games in which Rick Carlisle and Isiah Thomas played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

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They faced each other a total of 9 times in NBA games. Rick Carlisle has a 6-3 winning record over Isiah Thomas. They never met in the Playoffs.

Games Played Against Each Other

NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2023-24
Rick Carlisle:
1984-85 to 1989-90
Isiah Thomas:
1981-82 to 1993-94
9 Games played
9 in Regular Season
0 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

Games Won in
Regular Season
in
Playoffs
Rick Carlisle
6
6
0
Isiah Thomas
3
3
0

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 2.2 0.4 0.9 0.20.0
Isiah Thomas 24.7 3.8 9.61.30.2
Game Highs
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 10 2 4 10
Isiah Thomas 39 6 14 31
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Rick Carlisle 1

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1

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0

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0

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0

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Isiah Thomas 8

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7

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9

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7

games
2

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Both had same stat 0

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1

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0

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2

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7

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Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1984-85 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 02, 1984
1. Celtics 127   Rick Carlisle 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 15 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Pistons 116   Isiah Thomas 38 2 9 2 1 2 4 40 13-30 .433 1-4 .250 11-12 .917
Mar. 03, 1985
2. Celtics 138   Rick Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 129   Isiah Thomas 33 6 11 1 0 4 2 42 11-25 .440 0-1 .000 11-11 1.000
1985-86 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 09, 1985
3. Celtics 124   Rick Carlisle 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 08 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 105   Isiah Thomas 22 4 12 3 0 3 4 38 9-18 .500 0-1 .000 4-7 .571
Nov. 27, 1985
4. Celtics 132   Rick Carlisle 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 04 0-0 - 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Pistons 124   Isiah Thomas 4 0 5 0 0 1 0 13 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 -
Jan. 07, 1986
5. Celtics 109   Rick Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 113   Isiah Thomas 39 6 13 1 1 2 3 46 16-29 .552 1-1 1.000 6-7 .857
Mar. 02, 1986
6. Celtics 129   Rick Carlisle 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 08 2-3 .667 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 109   Isiah Thomas 25 6 14 2 0 3 2 39 9-20 .450 1-3 .333 6-9 .667
1986-87 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 10, 1987
7. Celtics 101   Rick Carlisle 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 21 0-6 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
Pistons 118   Isiah Thomas 21 5 7 1 0 3 1 30 8-16 .500 0-0 - 5-9 .556
1987-88 Season
Game
 
Player
Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 12, 1987
8. Knicks 96   Rick Carlisle 10 1 0 0 0 2 2 14 4-7 .571 0-1 .000 2-2 1.000
Pistons 124   Isiah Thomas 9 0 4 1 0 3 2 16 4-8 .500 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Apr. 11, 1988
9. Knicks 114   Rick Carlisle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 0-0 - 0-0 - 0-0 -
OT Pistons 111   Isiah Thomas 31 5 11 1 0 6 4 45 13-21 .619 0-2 .000 5-5 1.000