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
alive keeps stay
That keeps us alive. Otherwise, we're probably dead. It's pretty simple. It's just like anybody. We'd like to stay alive a little longer.
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.
alive
We're still alive and that's the important thing.
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.
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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.
aware maybe time
I just thought it was an opportune time to do that because maybe he had something in his head, or something was going on that I wasn't aware of.
wrong
I just thought he was in the wrong spot.
admire fight good guy run younger
I just feel it is important for a guy if he is struggling, especially younger guys, to know what it's like, on their own. Not run to them every minute. Let them fight through it. He did that. That's why I admire what he did. I think it'll be good for him 10 years down the line.
chance realize
I realize we can do a lot better and the expectations are there, but the important thing is that you do things right so you have a chance to win.
fold gonna
Because when I get put in a corner, I'm not gonna just fold up like an accordion. I never have. I'll try to do it the right way, and be fair, but I'm gonna put everything I have into it. And if that's not enough, if it doesn't work, fine.
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In the second half, they played harder and caused us to take tougher shots. We shouldn't have been worn down in the third quarter when they put pressure on us. You have to give them credit. They brought it to us.
assignment break certain floor four guys offensive remains supposed
If you're supposed to be on a certain place on the floor defensively, you've got to get there. You can't just go crazy. And if you've got a certain assignment on the offensive end of the floor, that all remains the same. But if we break it down because we've got something else in mind, then the other four guys don't have any idea what we're doing. It's just basketball. But we have to play it together.