Last Updated on May 13, 2009 2:16 pm by admin
TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) -Hundreds of mourners filled a South Florida church Wednesday to say farewell to Hall of Fame coach Chuck Daly.
Among those in attendance were several members of his 1989-90 Detroit Pistons championship team, close friends that included Rollie Massimino and Billy Cunningham, and Dallas coach Rick Carlisle – who left immediately afterward to join the Mavericks in Denver for a playoff game Wednesday night.
Carlisle said that missing the funeral “was not an option.”
Daly led the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships in Detroit. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and died Saturday at age 78 in Jupiter, Fla.