Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunderswas an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CityCleveland, OH
group playing start
They showed us how to start playing again. Our first group started playing a lot of one-and-one, and that's not us.
beat closed dribble guys tried
They tried to beat us off the dribble as much as they can, which they did. We closed things down in the stretch. We had some guys who made some big plays.
aggressive almost either extremely forced games shot turned
They still shot extremely well today, but we were more aggressive defensively and forced more turnovers. It was one of those games where they either turned it over or scored almost every time.
game individual standpoint top
All of our guys, we sense what's coming. We know what's going to come here in two weeks, and you have to have an edge. You have to not only have an edge, but from an individual standpoint you want your game and the things you do to be at top form.
continue next shake
A lot of things could still happen. We will continue to look and see what's available. There will be things that could shake out in the next day or so.
contact guy happens wrong
A lot of times, there's not even contact on some of his calls. He happens to be the wrong guy in the wrong place.
blocking defensive far might player send shots trophy year
They might as well take the Defensive Player of the Year trophy and send it. When you look at all the things he's doing as far as rebounding, blocking shots and steals, he's been phenomenal.
award blocking defensive last might mission player send shots steals three year
They might as well take the defensive player of the year award and send it to Ben. He's been on a mission in the last three weeks, and when you look at all of the things he's doing - rebounding, blocking shots and making steals - he's phenomenal.
hang last teams week
They made the plays, we didn't. I haven't thought over the last week that we've been very sharp. We've let teams hang around.
guys hang last playing teams tired week
They made plays. We didn't. As I told our guys, I haven't thought over the last week that we've been very sharp. We've let teams hang around. Guys are tired or whatever, but we're not playing with that zip, with that sense of urgency.
conference five format might third
This is the third of our five steps, but this one might be the most important of the first four, because of the 2-2-1-1-1 format in the conference finals.
five third
This is the third of our five steps.
bit played shots
They pounded us on the glass. Give them credit. They made shots and played with more energy. We were a little bit tired.
both glass previous saw tonight
They pounded the glass both ways. I saw more lob dunks tonight than I saw in the previous 56 games.