Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunderswas an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CityCleveland, OH
ball good moved overall
We moved the ball well, had 35 assists, 12 turnovers and rebounded the ball well. We had a good overall performance.
arms guys zone
When we play zone and those guys put their arms out, you don't see anything,
extremely plays supposed
When we play as a whole, how we're supposed to play, we're very efficient, and everyone plays extremely well.
needed plays
When we needed to make plays down the stretch, we made plays. When we needed to make shots, we made shots.
deserving question wait
We'll have to wait and see what happens. There's no question that he's deserving and that he's going to be an All-Star someday.
aggressive both ends entertainment extremely games people team watch win
We also are in the entertainment business. I've always been one to go out and win games but also entertain, and I think we've become a team now that a lot of people like to watch play, because we play extremely aggressive at both ends of the floor.
against bryant kobe lakers matter
Tonight, it didn't matter if he had 50, 40, 20 or 10. The idea was for us to win. It wasn't Kobe Bryant against us. It was the Lakers against Detroit.
ability defensive guys lock longer playoffs reason shots successful teams
The reason in the playoffs that defensive-oriented teams are successful is because the longer you play someone, you become more comfortable with how guys are getting their shots and what they're doing. You have the ability to lock down more from a defensive standpoint.
coming performance
This was a workmanlike performance coming off a big win. That's what you like to see.
extra win
This was a three-game swing. We get an extra win and they get an extra loss.
attitude ben defensive gets motivates
When Ben struggles, sometimes that motivates him at the defensive end. He gets the attitude that if I'm not going to score, then you aren't going to score.
feeling nice nine statement
We said he was feeling good, so we just let him go. He had 37 points, nine assists, one turnover -- I mean, that's a pretty nice statement for the All-Star team, or whatever.
against anybody broke guys hurt opportunity situation stale sure sweat top
We said going in the idea was to not get anybody hurt and make sure that the guys we had to play broke a sweat and didn't get too stale and give our young guys an opportunity to play in a heated situation against some top players.
accomplish bit carried guys heat juices offensive playing trying
We're trying to accomplish things. Playing a lot of people. Doing some things, playing some full-court pressure, play our bench. But always what happens, when you get in the heat of the battle, competitive juices flow, and our guys got juiced up a bit and really executed defensively and carried over the offensive end.