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
counts free hang knocks played shots solid
When it counts he knocks down the shots and makes his free throws. We had to hang on but we played a solid game.
aware deal everybody hard knows level playing shots time
Everybody knows he's playing at an unbelievable level right now. All we can do is be aware of where he is, every time down the court, and try to make his shots as hard as possible. That's not really a big deal for Kobe, but you've got to try.
knack sam shots
Sam was terrific. He made big shots again. It's an unbelievable knack that he has.
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.
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.
gave shots
We came, we blocked, we attacked. The shots we gave up weren't high-percentage shots.
shoot shots wants willing
The important thing is to not let (Anthony) shoot the shots he wants and to have him shoot the ones -we're willing to give up.
bothering good knew literally tonight
I knew his back was bothering him a little bit, but tonight he didn't feel like it was good enough to go. It was literally right before the game.
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.
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.
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.