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
aggressive came extremely game second team
They came out extremely aggressive and we, for the second game in a row, didn't come out sharp. I've always said that whichever team is most aggressive usually has success.
came emotional extremely game guys intensity match start
They came out and were very aggressive. As I told the guys before the game, in an emotional game like this, they're going to play extremely well and play aggressive. You have to match their intensity and make shots. The two things you need to do to start the game, we didn't do.
aggressive character dictated played run
They were aggressive and we played out of character on defense. They're 18-0 run really dictated the game.
basketball extremely intelligence players shows
That I liken to players that are extremely disciplined and players who know their roles. They don't try to play out of character. That shows something from Day One about the basketball intelligence of the whole team.
shoot
Tay had an unbelievable game. Not only did he shoot 10-for-15, but he did all the rest. He was all over the place.
Tay had an unbelievable game. He was all over the place.
basics days good incentive playoff rest situation time
It's incentive to get days off (to rest players) and preparation for coaches. Any time you can get into a playoff situation and get a three- or four-day rest, you can get back to your basics with some good practices.
again almost calmed camp couple days extremely good incentive playing playoff practices series situation time winning
It's incentive to get days off. ... Any time you can get in a playoff situation where you can get a three- or four-day rest, it's almost like a mini-training camp situation, and you can get back to your basics. Get back and have a couple of good practices and really kind of get calmed down from winning a series and get rejuvenated and get back up and get into that crescendo where you're playing extremely well again for the first game.
ben respect talked
I told Ben when I talked to him that I have a lot of respect for him and everything he does.
against ben coached conference good guy job playing points seen volume western
I told Ben after, I had been in the Western Conference for a lot of years and I have coached against Dirk many times. I don't think I had seen as good a job of playing a guy one-on-one as that. Dirk made some shots, but he really had to work. We wanted to make him a volume scorer, and 25 points on 23 shots, that's pretty good.
game seven starting three
I told Avery (Johnson) after the game that I'd like to see him seven more times, starting in about three months.
game half ourselves played road seattle shake tough
It's always tough to play on the road and I thought Seattle played really, really well. This is always a tough place to play. We were able to get ourselves back in the game in the first half but we just could not shake them.
block building eight good hopefully next situation
It'll be a good situation for him to get in and get a feel of things, and hopefully he'll play well and use this as kind of a building block for the next eight games.
against compete game good love players teams
It was intense. The players love to compete. The Spurs love to compete against big teams just like us. It was a good game to watch.