Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jacksonis an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, currently serving as president of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 until 1998, during which Chicago won six NBA championships. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won five championships from 2000 until 2010. In total, Jackson has won 11 NBA titles as a coach, surpassing the previous record of nine set...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 September 1945
CityDeer Lodge, MT
CountryUnited States of America
We let the momentum slide in the fourth quarter.
When you start out a ball game and the first thing they do is call an offensive foul on him for a nonexistent foul, you know the kid doesn't have a chance out there playing. The referees just give him nothing. It's embarrassing.
We've got a week that's real busy ahead of us. We've got to stay the course, and that's important for us right now.
We want him out there. We want their full team out there to play, so you earn what you win.
Wow, how can you lose a ball game like that. I just don't understand sometimes the capabilities of this team to disappoint.
We remind our players that this is something that was a special night in a heated situation but it's not going to be a steady diet for us. The onus on Kobe is to stay inside the team offense. The onus on the players is to pick it up a little bit better.
We found out that there is no substitute for human contact.
I'll just say that hopefully they've drained the mud out of the building, and the termites aren't going to eat the buildings away in between the time we get down there. They made a good judgment probably to get this back in, and that's the important thing about it.
I hope so. We've got a measure in front of us that we have to step up to and try to regain some kind of composure and some kind of home-court advantage.
I have to allow his judgment. He felt like he could do that at that time.
I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
I think our defense was confused at times. There were some defensive lapses, and they have an experienced team, which took advantage of some of our young kids.
I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround,
I just think he's a very determined player and dedicated to what he's doing. He's doing a lot of letting things develop on their own.