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 game guys happy moral played until
I'm happy we played hard, but that should be a given. Our guys fought right until the end, but at this level, there are no moral victories. It's a game we should have won.
fly last morning sit until
The last thing we wanted was to sit out there until 3 in the morning and then fly in.
apparently aware faster half hour until
Apparently not, because I wasn't even aware of it until an hour and a half or so ago. It's not 1,200, it's 200. I know I got to 100 a lot faster than I got to 200. That much I know.
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.
agent almost compared guys last literally means summer tells tyson until
Tyson didn't do much this summer, from what I've seen, compared to last summer when he was here almost 75 days. It's the old thing where your agent tells you don't do anything until you get a contract, and a lot of guys think that literally means don't do anything. It really means don't play basketball.
defensive far guys learn point season serious until
We have yet to get serious about the defensive end and out-play people. Until we do that, we are going to be an up and down team. I thought by this point in the season a lot of our guys would learn that lesson, but so far they haven't.
area coaches hair near places rank separate tight worst
It's still one of the worst in the league. I don't know where I'd rank it, but it's near the bottom. It's still pretty tight in there. Most of the places have a separate area for the coaches so we're not in the players' hair before the game. But this one doesn't.
course face good heard learn lesson needs opportunity personal responsibility similar throughout time
No, because I've heard similar things throughout the course of the year. It's something he's going to have to get over. He needs to face the personal responsibility of what he needs to get done. I just look at it as an opportunity to learn a good lesson at this time of year.
bit dominated early energy game guards third
They just dominated us all over the floor, and then probably the most disappointing thing -- I thought in the third quarter, we quit. That's something I have to address. ... We were in the game a little bit early on, but they had way more energy than us. They went by our guards at will.
call complain great literally style year
They literally complain about every call the whole game. That's their style. That's what they do. They're having a great year doing it.
call complain great literally night sure year
They literally complain about every call all night long. They are having a great year doing it. I'm not sure what that says.
ben defense finally great stops
It was just a great comeback. Their defense was active, but we finally got it going. We started to get some stops and then Ben was just huge.
geared guys hang team time
This is kind of a team that's been getting geared up for this time of year. Our guys have been able to hang with them, but this is going to be a different animal.
assured certainly confidence good knock lost sure tonight
Nothing. I told 'O' the other day we certainly have not lost confidence in him. I wanted to make sure he hasn't lost confidence in himself, and he assured me he hadn't. Tonight he got some good looks, and he was able to knock them down.