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
team reality new-orleans
I don't know how satisfied you can be when we still have a losing record. We feel like we're definitely playing better. The reality is we're about to find out. Our toughest West Coast trip is normally the circus trip in November. This year, they're flip-flopped. We did well on the first West Coast trip 3-3. Now, this is a big one. All these teams Dallas, New Orleans, Phoenix, Utah, Denver, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Clippers are quality teams. Each team is really playing well. It's going to be a big challenge for us.
eight last played rotation teams
In the last two years, we've played a lot of guys. A lot of teams are shortening up their rotation right now and going eight or nine. We don't have that kind of team yet.
bus came gave missed second until
I gave it some thought until he missed the first bus and came on the second bus, and the thought was over. That was the end of that thought.
basketball improved mind player
In my mind, he's the most improved player in the league.
ben expect games score
I guess, yeah, you could say. It would unrealistic to expect Ben to score 30 games a game.
assumption guess start
I guess the assumption I'll go under is that we'll start the same way we did (Saturday) night.
came coming guys played problem ready second
The guys played much better in the second half. In the first half, we just didn't show up. We came back. The problem is coming ready to the building. We haven't done that enough this year.
beat hard period short team trying twice
The hard thing is trying to beat a team twice in a short period of time. It's always difficult.
facility guys workout
The guys all went over to the workout facility and got a workout in. Some guys shot, some guys got treatment, some lifted.
ball sharp skilled
You've got to be really skilled with the ball, you've got to be sharp with your spacing, you've got to use your ball fakes, and that's something we're still working on. They made it interesting for us.
coming gain game good guys home momentum
These guys can go home with a good game under their belts. I think that is important, that we gain a little momentum coming out of the break.
game turn
A lot can turn on this game tonight.
best games last playing plays similar stay wins year
The last two games have been very similar to a lot of wins we had last year where we're not playing our best but we keep battling, stay in the game and make the big plays in the end.
choice coming either fight game handling inevitable ourselves points posture run
You could see it coming in our posture and the way we were handling ourselves out there. It was inevitable they were going to make some kind of run. There was no way we were going to run away from them. There are points in the game where you have a choice to make. Either fight or flee.