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
again guess seen year
This year is getting ridiculous. I've never seen anything like this. I guess I won't be able to say that again because we're experiencing it now.
dug game great overcame reached remember resilient
What a resilient group. They just reached down, dug it out and overcame a lot of odds. What a great game historically to remember how it was done.
dug reached resilient
What a resilient group. I don't know where they got it (energy) from. The just reached down and dug it out. I'd say they surmounted a lot of odds.
fanfare last resilient
What a resilient group. After last night, all the fanfare today. ... I don't know where they got it from.
concern hang surrender tonight
What they did tonight was make shots. I think it's significant that they would hang in there and not surrender because that was a concern of a lot of people.
point time
At this point in time I don't think it's a possibility.
ball everybody picked steve tried
Dirk has been great, but what Steve has done is just unbelievable. We tried to get the ball out of his hands, and he still picked us apart. He's made everybody better.
cowards fatigue three
There's only so much he can do after being out three games. Fatigue makes cowards out of all of us.
belongs building guys happy historical pleased understand walk
I understand the historical significance of this. This building is terrific. ... You know what I'm pleased about? When the guys walk through the building they see things that please them. They're happy they have something that belongs to them.
athletic care guys match problems
The way we are, we just can't match up with the athletic big guys like Howard. I don't care how much you fight, those guys are just too athletic. Those are the guys we have had problems with.
bring game start
This game is humbling. When you start to levitate, it will bring you back to earth.
breakdown defensive games helped last lost plays position split won
That was a big defensive breakdown on that last shot. No one helped out when T.J. split the lane. You put yourself in a position to win, but games are won and lost on little plays like that.
call detroit played purpose struggling wins
Detroit played with a purpose. They've been struggling a little bit; if you can call 50 wins struggling. They just have too many pieces.
concerned fear necessary
That's my fear. I don't know what to expect. I'm concerned about the necessary distractions.