Scott Skiles
Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skilesis an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Orlando Magic. He also coached the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks. A first-round draft pick out of Michigan State University, Skiles played ten seasons as a point guard in the NBA. He holds the NBA record for assists in one game with 30, set in his fifth season in the league and second with Orlando, in which he...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 March 1964
CityLa Porte, IN
fighting fights-and-fighting teams whatever
For whatever reason, we are not fighting back when other teams give us a blow.
ball clever delivering guys people sort whereas
We'll go down there and try to get other guys the ball on the move, whereas Eddy could sort of overpower people sometimes. We may have to be a little more clever about how we're delivering the ball.
building hard record talked
We don't have the record in this building that we should have. We have talked about it many times. It is hard to figure.
across confident focused good guys
We did what we had to do. We were able to get off to a better start. Our guys were confident and relaxed, yet focused from the start. We had good performances across the board.
assuming both building games home needed series win won
We did what we had to do. We needed both of these games and we got it done. They won at home and we won at home. We know going into the series we have to win one in their building assuming you win at home. This makes it a series right now. We'll go down there and do our best.
played win
We did what we had to do. We had to win this game. We played better, but they didn't play like they played in Miami.
came
We did what we had to do. We came out and we had a lot of energy.
ball bit came good played selection shot
We did what we had to do. We came out and played with energy, I thought we had good ball movement. Our shot selection was excellent, and I think they were a little bit off.
ben covering good run snow
We have a play that we run there where we to try to get Ben on a run around but it didn't develop. Snow (was) pretty much covering it real good there and we couldn't get off of him to get Ben free.
both ends floor game good played plays
We have played better at the end of the games. We have tended to make some pretty good plays on both ends of the floor when the game is on the line.
ball game games guys learning playoff ready row second
Our guys always come back. But it was the second game in a row we weren't ready to play when the ball went up. We're still learning on the fly. We don't have guys with 30, 40, 60 games of playoff experience.
across couple early focus game ready starters
Our focus early in this game was unacceptable for a game this big. Not all across the board, but a couple of our starters just weren't ready tonight.
ball ben came hot movement
Our ball movement came to a screeching halt. Ben got hot for us early, and after that our ball movement just kind of stopped.
active activity both carried coming critical defense good job moments month offensive plays solid trying
I thought we were active on both ends. Our defense is coming around. We are going on a good month now with solid defense. A lot of times in critical moments we have not been able to get stops. That activity carried over to the offensive end. We did a good job of trying to penetrate, get in the paint, and make plays for each other.