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
extremely game high level playing win
I'd like to win every game left. If we do that, we'll be playing at an extremely high level going into the playoffs.
confidence effort game gave great hang knew longer opportunity playing stay team won worried
I was really worried about this game, obviously, playing a team that has not won yet, ... I knew they were going to come out and play hard. They gave a great effort and the longer you let them stay around, hang around, the more confidence builds, the more opportunity they have to win.
basketball beat continue couple feeling healthy playoffs stay teams type
When you come head-to-head with those kind of teams and beat them, then you get the feeling that you can take yourself up a couple of notches on the totem pole. Right now, I think we're a team that can make the playoffs if we stay healthy and continue to play the type of basketball we're playing.
bounce far guys hard late matter missed night playing pleased resilient successful
The part about playing hard, we've got that down pretty good. We play hard every night. No matter how many we get down, guys are resilient and we bounce back. We missed some opportunities down the stretch, as far as being late with some of our execution, but I was really pleased at the way we played. If we play like this every night, it will be a successful trip.
slow zone
We had to get after it because (the Hornets) are so athletic. So, we went to a zone to slow them down.
definitely elite playoff quite teams
We're not quite there yet. We're definitely a playoff team, but we're not with the elite teams of the league.
figure sustain understand
This year, we've been able to sustain it. We've been able to make adjustments, figure it out and understand better than we have in the past.
bag cat close confidence four half shots three
We didn't get rotated to him. We let him get off in the first half three or four shots that he made. Now you let the cat out of the bag and then, even if you're close to him, he has the confidence that he can make shots.
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.
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.