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
energy passion picked played seemed terrible
We had terrible energy and terrible passion in the first half. We just seemed very much disinterested, and then we really picked it up and played with more energy.
passion seemed terrible
I thought we had terrible energy, terrible passion in the first half. We just seemed very disinterested.
passion picked played seemed terrible
I thought we had terrible energy, terrible passion in the first half. Just seemed very much disinterested. Then we picked things up, played with more energy, got the lead.
coast energy game passion seemed terrible trip west
The first game back after a West Coast trip is always dangerous. I thought we had terrible energy and terrible passion in the first half. We seemed very disinterested.
few games minutes start
When you get to 41 games you get him a few minutes at a time, start getting into the rhythm.
atmosphere best fired fun nba people
When you get in this place, there are 22,000 people and we've got the best atmosphere that you could have in an NBA arena. They get fired up and it's fun to play.
fun games gets serious start
When you get in these games, it's very interesting. The games start out being very fun and everything else and then all of a sudden, it gets very serious and very competitive.
exploit finding league playing shows team
When you get 30 assists, it shows you are playing team basketball, ... This league is about finding where the mismatches are and exploit the weaknesses.
athletes sure
When you have other athletes (in the arena), you want to go out and you want to perform. I'm sure that got them juiced up a little bit.
great points shots team volume
When you play great ones, it's the team assignment. You have to make him a volume scorer. You can't let him get 30 points on 18 shots. What you want to is keep him out of the free-throw line, make him take a lot of shots if you can.
When you have 22 turnovers, you can't set up your defense. So that's why I've always said, the better offensively you are, the better defensively you can be.
ahead coming crowd division excited focused focusing front great night players playing sunday trying
When you get up 15 in your division through 45 games, what you're trying to do is you're focusing on what you have ahead and that's the playoffs. I think the players are going to be very focused and very excited about coming here Sunday night and playing in front of a great crowd in a great atmosphere.
far players
The players have been more than I probably expected, as far as being receptive,
mouth people
When people say they want something usually they really don't want it. If you really want something you're usually going to keep your mouth shut.