Mike Dunleavy
Mike Dunleavy
Michael Joseph Dunleavy Sr.is an American retired professional basketball player, head coach, and former general manager of the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers. He is currently the head coach of the Tulane University men's basketball team. Dunleavy is the father of professional basketball player Mike Dunleavy Jr, who now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 March 1954
CityBrooklyn, NY
gave shots
We came, we blocked, we attacked. The shots we gave up weren't high-percentage shots.
against field front goal good job people percentage
We haven't double-teamed as much against a lot of teams. Therefore, what we do is try and keep people in front of us. And if we do a good job of it, the field goal percentage is down.
awesome isolation post situation tried
We didn't really post him up. We just tried to put him in an isolation situation and let him make the play, and I thought he was awesome with it.
amazing came close extra game percent shoot
To let (Sacramento) shoot 55 percent in the game and still be as close as we were was amazing in itself. We came down at the end of the game and executed pretty well for ourselves, but they had the extra possession.
almost court hits huge impossible
Troy, he was huge tonight. When he hits those shots, we're almost impossible to guard, because he spreads the court out so well.
ball care good percent plays shoot total
You know he's going to shoot 50 percent and if he catches the ball in deep, he's going to take care of business. Plus, he's a good defender, as well. He plays the total game.
toughest
It's really the toughest part of our schedule.
compete gratifying sure year
It's probably more gratifying to them because of what they've been through, not that it's been their fault. I'm sure it was frustrating for them to go year after year and not be able to compete in the playoffs.
good maturity
It's our maturity. We know defensively that we're good and that we can make stops.
catching corner moving
I'm not catching it in a corner as much where I can't do as much. If I'm moving around and get it out on the floor, I can be more productive.
ball built felt game shortcuts taking
It was a game we felt we had to have. We built up a big lead, and then we let them back in the ball game. We started taking shortcuts in our execution. We had too many turnovers.
felt game playoff regards
It was a game we felt we had to have, in regards to our playoff seeding.
defensive efforts great tremendous
It was a great two-game sweep. We got two tremendous defensive efforts from our guys.
bit detroit great healthy home hopefully liked run start stretch
It was a great trip. Obviously, we are a bit disappointed, we would have liked to play Detroit a bit better than what we did. Hopefully we can go home and all start getting healthy and make a stretch run for the playoffs.