Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaffis an American basketball coach. He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 February 1944
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When you play here in the Garden, it always has that special quality to it. The ghosts are still here. We try to remind the young guys that this is a great stage to perform on.
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We've hit the wall as a team. Our guys have played a lot of minutes and were having mental lapses, and the common things we just didn't get done. It was an indication of a basketball team that has hit the wall. We were giving it up on the defensive end and we were really lacking.
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When we looked down during the national anthem and saw nine guys, we anticipated trouble. That's what I was afraid of all day. They played like we've played when we've been down and just have eight or nine. They made some unbelievable shots with a hand in their face. There were a couple of possessions that we just couldn't come up with the ball.
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We are excited that Matt chose to return to Charlotte and continue to build upon last year's start, ... Matt added several dimensions to our team with his long-range shooting, toughness, strong work ethic, rebounding and ability to get to the free throw line.
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We're trying to cover all the scenarios, all the possibilities, ... The one thing we've had is time. That's been the great thing. We've got scouting reports on everybody.
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We can't rush him, he's going to take his time and do it right.
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You know what he's good at? He can make shots, and boy he must have a strong chest.
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You know what he did first tonight was get his teammates involved. I had a conversation with him before the game and I told him I wanted him to play with passion. You have to be who you are.
tired
We got tired and we started to make mistakes. And we just didn't make shots.
gave points
We gave up 25 points off those 21 turnovers. And our backcourt was 5-for-29 from the field.
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We made it hard again. We're sitting on top of the mountain again and we don't recognize it. We allow little things to take us out of it. We have to be above those things.
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We are happy that Gerald will continue his career and development with the Charlotte Bobcats. He is a quality young man and has considerable upside,
days sum
We can sum it up real easy. Coaches, players, we were just real bad. It's just that simple. There's nothing we could have done. It was one of those days where we just kind of fumigated the place. We were not very good.
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We are in a posture where we want Sean (to get healthy), and we kind of insisted that he get everything taken care of. We want him to take his time. There will be no rush to him coming back -- he's too important to our franchise.