Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
great shots wonderful
He was terrific. He made his shots and he's just a wonderful player. I think we're intimidated by him a great deal.
ball basket confident extremely free played playing seemed terrific took
He's (Palacio) terrific, he was terrific down the stretch. He made his free throws; he took the ball to the basket and just played extremely well. He seemed to be very confident playing in that position.
ball bit hesitates needs shoot
He just needs to shoot the ball when he's open. When he's done that, he's fine. When he hesitates a little bit on it, he has a little bit of a problem.
ball kept throw
He kept us under control, and didn't throw the ball away. He had one turnover . . . That's what we need, so we can get into an offense.
almost anyone burn fought
Greg didn't burn any bridges, ... Greg and I fought almost every day (but) I apologized to Greg more than anyone I've ever coached.
determined guys played rather
Guys played a lot harder. They played a lot more determined to try to win, rather than the way we have been.
belonged bit felt gave knowing
I think he was kind of rejuvenated, knowing that he felt like he belonged there. I think it gave him a little bit of a lift. I think it was important to him as a person.
basket defense good guys job keeping matter played shoot top tough
I thought he (Palacio) played pretty well. He played defense well, which is tough no matter which of those guys you put him on. The important thing is we did a good job of keeping them on top of the basket and made them shoot over the top of us.
against hard kept playing seem
We couldn't seem to do too much against their zone, but we kept playing hard.
alive care games mean throw whether win
Well, we're still alive and that's the important thing, the games mean something. It's not like you just throw it out there and you don't care whether you win or lose.
grade hang heads missed school shots
We hang or heads over missed shots just so much it is like we are grade school again. You can't let those things take you out of the game.
heads win
We had a lot of things we didn't do well. There was too much ducking our heads and going one-on-one. We're not going to win that way.
beginning bit figure matter players playing ready taken
We have a little bit of stability, more so than the beginning of the year, so we have a better idea of how to play with each other. But it has taken us a little while to figure that out. Our players have to know who we are playing against, and they have to be ready to play no matter what.
avoid beginning game good playing rhythm
I was beginning to wonder. You don't get yourself better by playing at half-speed. You've got to get yourself going so you get into a good rhythm and you don't get hurt. That's how you avoid injuries. Playing this game casually, you can really get hurt.