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
good job looked moving
They did a good job of getting after us. We looked like we were moving in mud.
game good guys involved
They are good and did a lot of good things, but our guys did not respond. That's the most disappointing game I've been involved with.
mentally team tougher
They were the tougher team mentally all the way around tonight.
games involved
That is one of those most disappointing games that I've been involved in. And for a game with this much significance.
affect approaches ball biggest fight game matter mistake next throwing
It's a matter of how he approaches the game every day. You make a mistake throwing the ball away, is that going to affect you next time? The biggest thing is how you fight back.
games guys hate involved looked waxed
It looked like we didn't belong. They just waxed us. Our guys looked afraid, and I hate to use that word. This is one of the most disappointing games I've ever been involved in that had some significance.
half mistake pull second seemed talked
We've talked about it and talked about it and this second half they seemed to have the idea that if we make a mistake then we pull for each other and we play through it.
block job offensive poor trying
We did a very poor job in trying to block them off of the boards. They just killed us on the offensive boards.
alive bit keeps win
This win keeps us alive a little bit longer. Without this win, we would be dead.
close last next rule second
We've always had a rule in the last second or so: get next to your man. We weren't even close to the guy.
adventure ball few job offense settled shot standing taking terrific
When we did go inside, it was kind of like an adventure in there with the way we shot the ball a few times to see if we could get it up on the glass. They did a terrific job standing us up and taking us out of our offense and we settled for that.
bit feeling sorry
We're feeling a little bit sorry for ourselves,
free guy hand start terrific totally
We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a hand in his face. He's a terrific player.
easy playoff
We're still in the playoff picture. I know we don't play like it sometimes because we give away easy baskets, but we are still right there.