Mike Woodson
Mike Woodson
Michael Dean "Mike" Woodsonis a former American basketball player and coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 March 1958
CityIndianapolis, IN
ball cringe handling last looks shoot shot year
Last year we would cringe when he would shoot the basketball. Now his shot looks like a shot and he is handling the ball a little better.
ball neither nights played shot team
Neither team played much defense. They shot the ball really well, and we were red-hot as well, so those nights sometimes happen.
ball beat four help hump next teams three threw
I've got to help them get over the hump somehow. We're right there ... and we threw the ball away three of the next four possessions. You're not going to beat teams like that.
ball came club continue gotta guys move next says until
It says a lot for our ball club that our guys came out and competed until the end. You just gotta move on and continue and play the next one.
ball eventually small wear
I thought eventually we would wear him down and make them play small ball with us, and they did. That was to our advantage.
ball chase dirty floor glass guys hits loose scoop screens
But I need that from all those guys. We need our big guys to do the dirty work, to set screens and chase down loose balls. I need to know that if my big guys are around and a ball hits the glass or the floor that they're going scoop it up.
ball extremely game good job needed played rookie
He played extremely well. He didn't play like a rookie tonight. He made shots, he got the ball where it needed to go. He did a good job defensively. It was a well-rounded game for him.
add build continue people scary
The scary part is he's going to get better, I think. We've got to continue to build and add more people around him.
continue happens limit nice team
The sky's the limit for him because he's untapped. He has a lot to say about what happens on this team and it's nice to see him get a triple-double. I think that's something he can continue to do.
billy bringing figure manager maybe monday next sit week
Salim will be back on Monday and we'll sit down next week and maybe think about bringing someone in, but I don't know who that's going to be. I'll sit down with Billy (general manager Billy Knight) and figure out what to do next.
needed san turned worst
Sometimes it's like we are our own worst enemy. We have stretches where we don't shoot. We don't defend. When San Antonio turned up their defense, we needed to turn up ours.
fun sitting tv watching
This thing of sitting here watching it on TV is not fun for me.
challenge chance coach fourth games high league meet ourselves playing quarters question team third wants
There's no question every team in the league wants to be like the Pistons. They are playing at an all-time high and they're playing for a purpose. We didn't meet the challenge in the second, third and fourth quarters and that kind of disappointed me. I don't like to coach games like this where we don't give ourselves a chance to win.
cutting games happens lead setting sharing
We got complacent. That's what happens in games like this. We did everything to get the lead right away by sharing the ball, cutting and setting screens. But when they stiffened up their defense, we just settled.