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
line people
It's not even a question. If he's not an All-Star they better line people up for some kind of testing. He's got all of the requirements.
toughest
It's really the toughest part of our schedule.
free needed throw tougher win
It's just frustrating. We did everything we needed to do to win it and we were one free throw short. It makes it tougher to take.
board execute points tempo
They can put points on the board in a hurry, but at times they'll let you back into the game. You've got to execute and get a tempo and we did.
best game guy hurt playing screens shutting
That hurt us obviously, because at the end of the game he would have been the guy playing the pick-and-roll at the top. He's our best guy at getting over screens and shutting that down.
came care catch everybody games goal gone great guys kinds left reality road telling tough trip
I told our guys that we had a great road trip and that everybody is telling you how great you are. The reality is, we have 35 games left and we have to take care of business. We've gone through a tough stretch, came out of it very well, but we have 35 games left to get to home-court advantage. We've got 35 games left to catch Phoenix. There are all kinds of things out there left for us to do. Right now, our goal shouldn't be to make the playoffs. Our goal should be to get home-court advantage.
bunch came game good move played rebound season
We've said this a bunch this season ... but we really played the game well and came up a rebound or two short. If we can move on from this and build, then it's a good thing.
bench came
We started out good. We started out doing what we wanted to do. Then we got soft. Our bench came in and was soft.
fight finish good knows since stick talent team
We're better than we've been since I've been here, but we're also more disappointed, because we have the talent to be over .500. You just have to stick with it and fight through it. Who knows how good this team can be or where we'll finish up?
basis coaches great individual learn learning player skilled speed system work
Yaroslav is a very skilled player and has a great feel for the game. I think having him here to learn our system and work with our coaches on an individual basis will speed up the learning process.
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.
cold hit obviously shots spell team tough win
They're a team that could win it all. Obviously they have to be in one of their rolls. As long as they're making their shots and don't hit any real cold spell they're tough - they're a monster.
care far good record team
They're a good team. I don't care what their record is. They're not too far away from being a very good team in the East.
fighting good knew parts playoff quarter team third tough
There were a lot of good parts to this game, but in the third quarter we let them back in it. They are a good team and are fighting for playoff positioning, so we knew it was going to be a tough game.