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
fought presented whenever
We had a lot of opportunities to quit. But whenever that presented itself, we fought our way out of it.
mental physical
We had way too many breakdowns. Mental breakdowns and physical breakdowns.
close fight games lost trying
We've lost so many games like this; they've been close games and we're trying to fight to the end, but a play has to be made.
ball inspired
We have to play inspired ball all the time.
award ball game waiting
We're waiting to award him the game ball when he does (take one).
answer came close exception four kings level starters took turned tyson
With the exception of Tyson Chandler, we came out flat. The other four starters weren't at that level so the Kings really took it to us. We got it close and then they just turned it on and we didn't have an answer for them.
ahead commit game hate minutes somebody stayed sudden time
I would never commit ahead of time that he wasn't going to play. I would hate to tell somebody they're not going to play or their minutes would be limited, then all of a sudden 6 minutes into the game put him out there. That wouldn't be fair. I think it's better that he stayed ready, but unfortunately he didn't get in.
field foul goals hard juggle players stop time trouble win
Most games, when you have more field goals than your opponent, you win in our league. For us, most times, we haven't won. We just juggle players because of foul trouble too much, and we've had a hard time to stop it.
against defense either game gauge played year
We haven't yet in either game played the kind of defense that we've played the whole year to get a gauge on how we can play against (Miami).
key stop
We just couldn't stop him in key moments.
blind five good half maybe men problem second talking
We need every win. The problem is we started the second half like five blind men. We were not executing, not talking to each other. Maybe one half is good enough for us right now. We have to get that rectified.
best imagine miami percent ready team wins
We know the odds. Ninety-five percent of the time, the team that is up 2-0 wins the series. I imagine we're going to see the best Miami has on Sunday, and we'd better be ready for it.
difficult fall game next odds thinking win
We know the odds are still long. We know how difficult it is when you fall behind. We are already thinking about the next game. If we go down 3-1 and go into their building, the odds become long again. We need to win the next game to really make it a series.
bit came habitual looked third tough
We came out well tonight. Unfortunately, they came out better in the third quarter. We looked a little bit dazed and confused, which has been a habitual thing for us this season. When you let them get going, they're tough to handle.