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
finally history team teams tend titles winning
We know we're not a title-contending team right now, but in the history of teams winning titles they tend to take their lumps for a little while before they finally get there.
blow body both given jump ready win
We'd like to come out and win the first quarter. Both games, they've given us a body blow right off the jump and we just haven't been ready enough.
again cold defense field game goals good needed obviously second sort tonight win
Our defense was good again tonight and we needed it. We sort of went cold in the second half. We went 12-for-42 in the second half. To win a game when you only make 12 field goals in the second half, obviously our defense was good.
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.
assuming both building games home needed series win won
We did what we had to do. We needed both of these games and we got it done. They won at home and we won at home. We know going into the series we have to win one in their building assuming you win at home. This makes it a series right now. We'll go down there and do our best.
played win
We did what we had to do. We had to win this game. We played better, but they didn't play like they played in Miami.
anybody nba obvious order played win
We haven't played well of late. It's obvious for anybody to see. In order for us to win an NBA game, we have to play a lot better than we've been playing.
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.
days game overdoing practice sure taking tonight watch win worry
We just have to watch him -- that's why he's taking days off of practice -- and make sure he's not overdoing it. But if he's able to play, we'll play him and worry about each game one by one. If he has to overplay tonight to win the game, that's what we'll have to do.
bad basketball concerned gave good half lack points quarter respect tough win
We just gave them 25 points off turnovers and it's tough to win when you do that. I'm concerned about this one good half, one bad half routine, one good quarter, one bad quarter that we've been in and just the carelessness with the ball. And, a lack of respect for the basketball out there was pretty amateurish.
free throw winning
We were probably one free throw away from winning the game. We weren't able to make it, and we weren't able to get (defensive) stops.
active defense field game goals obviously second win won
To win a game where we only make 12 field goals in the second half, obviously our defense is good. I thought we were very active and it won the game for us.
grateful great win
This is a win we are grateful to have. It was a great comeback.