Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaffis an American basketball coach. He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 February 1944
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ahead came continue crossover full miss raymond step straight turned
That was an eye-opening move. He said 'welcome,' ... To not miss a step on that crossover and continue to go straight ahead at full speed. Raymond did the right thing. He just turned around and came back up court.
critical decisions deficits four games good last took
It all boiled to down to decisions. I think at critical junctures we made some pretty good decisions. In our last four games we had deficits and then we took the lead, but we haven't made good decisions when we've had the ball.
tired
We got tired and we started to make mistakes. And we just didn't make shots.
gave points
We gave up 25 points off those 21 turnovers. And our backcourt was 5-for-29 from the field.
above again allow hard mountain recognize sitting top
We made it hard again. We're sitting on top of the mountain again and we don't recognize it. We allow little things to take us out of it. We have to be above those things.
good group problem stops
The problem was that the group that was getting the stops wasn't very good offensively.
days sum
We can sum it up real easy. Coaches, players, we were just real bad. It's just that simple. There's nothing we could have done. It was one of those days where we just kind of fumigated the place. We were not very good.
caught ethic extremely fortunate great hard injury minor percent regular sean season work
We are fortunate that this was a minor injury and caught early. Sean has a great work ethic and we know he will work extremely hard to be back to 100 percent when the regular season begins.
anybody easy fighting intensity life match playoff saw stopping team terms
What you saw was a team that was fighting for their life in terms of the playoff situation. We didn't match their intensity on defense. We weren't stopping anybody on the other end. They were penetrating and getting easy shots.
falls great work
He's 7 feet. He can shoot. He has a great work ethic, ... If he falls on his face, I can live with that.
boy good strong
You know what he's good at? He can make shots, and boy he must have a strong chest.
conversation game teammates tonight
You know what he did first tonight was get his teammates involved. I had a conversation with him before the game and I told him I wanted him to play with passion. You have to be who you are.
built difficult franchise loyalty sure wants
I am sure it's difficult for him. Out of loyalty to his teammates, I am sure he wants to be out there and be a part of the franchise that is being built around him.
issue last wrong
I would be wrong if I said I hadn't thought about it. There's been some thought that this could be the last game. But it's not that big an issue to me because it's not that important.