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
contested lose shots slow taking
We weren't aggressive. We were taking half-(hearted) cuts, so when you take slow cuts, you're not going to lose anybody. All the shots were contested shots.
games guys playing rest tired
We have been playing a lot of games home-road-home-road, so I think we were a little tired tonight. We'll have to give some guys a rest down the stretch.
approach change starting
Wally has been very important to us, but he hasn't been starting for us. So it's not like we have to change a lot how we approach the game.
cause defending hope hot strengths takes team unknowns year
There are no unknowns at this point. But from their standpoint, the X-factor is that they are a team that takes as many three-pointers as anybody. If they get hot like they can, they can cause you a lot of problems. But, one of our strengths all year was defending the three. Hope that continues.
happens jump team waiting
(With) a young team, what happens is, it's like they're waiting for us to make a run. When a team makes a run, you have to really jump in there.
relaxing run time
We'll run our offense. We'll run our plays. That'll be the most relaxing time that I'll have at the All-Star Game, when they're on the floor.
ability anticipate holding playing
We have the ability to get by without him, but he's going to want to play. That's how he is. I don't anticipate anything holding him back from playing, and playing a lot of minutes.
athletes hard matter score trying
Those guys, they play hard no matter what the score is. They've got a lot of athletes and they keep on trying hard to come at you.
early everybody fresh given high playing ready reason year
You know, early in the year everybody was questioning his minutes. But given his history, there was a reason we weren't playing him a lot. We wanted to get him fresh and ready for now, and you see he's playing at an unbelievably high level.
control gain lost second
We had control. We lost that control and couldn't gain it back in the second half.
tough
We made him take a lot of tough shots.
bell charlie contest continue ford game good guys limit normally overall philosophy played rebound shot shots three whatever
We have to know that they have other guys that are capable. Charlie Bell has played well. T.J. Ford had a pretty good game overall and we've got to continue to find those two. Just do what we normally do. Our philosophy is to contest whatever shot is taken, try to limit three-point shots and rebound the basketball. Those are three things we did.
care happens hope mouth shut
Usually when you want something, usually you keep your mouth shut and hope that it happens and take care of business. That's how it usually goes.
ability aggressive hard strength team whatever
Usually, whatever team is aggressive is going to have success. I thought they were more aggressive. Our strength is our ability to play hard and be aggressive, and when a team does that better than you do, you're going to struggle.