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
bit game great healthy home hopefully liked played run start stretch trip
We're disappointed. We would have liked to have played this game a little bit better. But 4-2 is a great trip for us. Now we'll go home and hopefully start getting healthy and get a stretch run in for the playoffs.
bench came eight fighting games good guys last loses message night row showing team
That's what I get for showing our guys a film of how good we were defensively last night (at Houston). We started out good, then we got soft. Our bench came in and was soft. A team that loses eight games in a row is going to come out fighting for their lives. That message was delivered, and we didn't respond.
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.
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.
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.
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.
against both certain change games great guy looking match opportunity stroke
I think it's a great opportunity for both players. We were looking for another dimension, a guy who could go out and stroke the ball. And this will give us an opportunity to play a different style, or change it up in certain games and match up better against certain teams.
continue explosive game good great outside shooting year
He's had a great year. His all-around game has improved. Offensively, he's got the low-post game. He's very explosive off the dribble. He's a good finisher. I think his outside shooting is getting better all the time. . . . He's so young, he'll continue to get better and better each year (in the playoffs) with experience.
attention games looked paying playing playoff season winning
I just looked at playing and winning games for us. We really shouldn't have been paying attention to (the playoff picture) all season long.
closer extremely game good hard played score
The game was a lot closer than the score indicates. They played extremely hard and had a good showing.