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
coming concerned game guys heard mention overlook worried
I was worried coming into this game because I heard at shoot-around some guys mention Miami. I was concerned that they'd overlook Atlanta.
change finding help might pace
I think they are finding out that it might be a change of pace that can help you win.
rip shots
If you give Rip (Hamilton) shots and he's in rhythm, he'll often make those shots.
home maybe terms
For a playoff-type situation, that's maybe the most important in terms of having home court.
talk
It's the same thing. We talk to him. He'll be fine. He'll be fine.
anybody situation
It's the same thing. Keep sharp, not get anybody hurt, be in a situation to go out and have some success.
against compete game good love players teams
It was intense. The players love to compete. The Spurs love to compete against big teams just like us. It was a good game to watch.
family
It's a close-knit group. When someone in your family is hurting, you hurt.
ability best both crowds far great looking mirror places standpoint teams win
It's been pretty much a mirror from the standpoint of both teams have established their ability to win at home, they got great crowds at both places as far as the enthusiasm, and both our teams have been the best teams on the road. It's different sports, but we're both looking each other in the mirror.
bench gave lift points tonight
It's not always about how many points they score. I thought our bench really gave us a lift tonight in a lot of different ways.
biggest easy
It's never an easy situation. The biggest thing is you can't give them any hope.
bench benches comfort fifth fourth guys minutes reason situation tendency
It's natural. We're in a very different situation than a lot of teams. A lot of teams, the reason they play their bench is because they don't like their fourth and fifth guys that much. I like my fourth and fifth guys. That's why our bench doesn't get the minutes some of the other benches get. You have a tendency to go to a comfort level.
game half ourselves played road seattle shake tough
It's always tough to play on the road and I thought Seattle played really, really well. This is always a tough place to play. We were able to get ourselves back in the game in the first half but we just could not shake them.
block building eight good hopefully next situation
It'll be a good situation for him to get in and get a feel of things, and hopefully he'll play well and use this as kind of a building block for the next eight games.