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
jump looked panicked word
We looked panicked right from the jump ball. That's the only word that I can come up with.
behind experience lost slide slippery
We lost Shawn too many times tonight. I know from experience that he's a very slippery player. If you relax, he'll slide behind you.
afford behind cracks critical finding knack lose lost several slippery
We lost Shawn too many times tonight. I know from experience, he's a very slippery player. If you relax, he slides behind you. He's got a knack of finding cracks in there. We lost him several times, and that was one critical play where we couldn't afford to lose him and we did.
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.
certain definitely league paul ready rookies
Paul pretty much has his way with us the whole night. There are certain rookies who come into this league and are ready to play and he is definitely one of them.
paul
Paul pretty much had his way with us the whole night.
ball business good meant team whatever
For whatever reason, we meant business when the ball went up tonight. That's the team I see in practice. It was good to see them take it into the game.
fighting fights-and-fighting teams whatever
For whatever reason, we are not fighting back when other teams give us a blow.
bench concerned couple games putting since
He has been very good. We were a little concerned putting him back on the bench. The first couple of games off the bench he did not play very well and we were concerned. Since then, he has been fantastic.
phenomenal shoot
He was on. When he's on like that, he can shoot over people. His threes were dialed in. It was a phenomenal display.
left pain
He was in a lot of pain when he left the building.
almost certainly forget hope second
He can pretty much forget almost everything from one second to the next. I don't know if he did or not because he certainly knew. I hope he didn't.
felt game mistakes needed point
This was a game we felt like we needed to win. It's getting to the point where we're making the same mistakes over and over again.
ball bit fight game last plays
This was a game that had a little bit of everything. I thought we showed a lot of fight and we made plays when we had to. They also made plays. Fortunately we had the ball for the last shot.