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
badly hurt
I don't know how badly he was hurt. So no, I wasn't surprised.
bit either game moment ourselves plays sharp stay team turned
I didn't think either team was especially sharp tonight, to put it mildly. It was anybody's game for the taking. They turned it up a little bit and we weren't able to make any big plays to stay with them, we could have at any moment exerted ourselves we could have come back, we just couldn't do it.
good replay sure
I didn't see the replay yet, but I'm sure it was a good call.
backup blocks center changes defender ends game great minutes plays shots
He plays 20 minutes a game and consistently blocks shots all over the place. He's a great defender and still changes ends very well. He's an intimidating-type player. To have a backup center like him is a luxury.
asked dollar time wait
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question... wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.
allow belief bit blame blaming endorse factors simple system
I can't allow us to be blaming other factors for the way that we play. There's a very simple thing to do under those situations, and that's play better. We've done that a little bit too much this year: blame the refs, blame other situations, and that's not a belief system that I can endorse n ever.
strange
I can write that one off, ... as just something strange that happened.
amount business five score stops three time trouble
I don't think we had any business being in overtime. We're up by five with 1:44 to go. As has been the case, we've had trouble getting stops. You're up five with that amount of time left, you don't need to score if you can get two or three stops in a row.
business five game last point score three won
I don't think we had any business being in OT, anyway. You don't have to score if you get two or three stops. As has been the case, we had trouble. Five point lead, buck-forty to go; that's a game we won last year.
best excited game great hopefully pro settle shape work
He's in the best shape of his pro career. We're excited about it. Hopefully he can settle in now and work on his game and have a great year.
bulls came conclusion contract credit far guy himself outright pressure putting quite signing sort tough traded trying tyson
I don't need to take any credit for that. Tyson just kind of came to the conclusion he was putting too much pressure on himself and trying to live up to some sort of unrealistic expectations. That's the first significant contract around here for quite a while -- the Bulls have traded for some, but as far as an outright signing of a guy. ... It can be tough for a young guy to handle.
acting ball came halftime happened heart played roll totally
I'm really embarrassed by what happened out there. We played with very little heart and very little aggressiveness. We came out at halftime totally casual, just kind of winging the ball all over the place, acting like they were going to roll over and give us the game.
came half happened second soft
I'm really embarrassed by what happened out there. I thought we came out in the second half and pretty much, we were as soft as I've seen.
I'm really embarrassed by what happened. It's unacceptable.