Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
easy playoff
We're still in the playoff picture. I know we don't play like it sometimes because we give away easy baskets, but we are still right there.
alive
We're still alive and that's the important thing.
free guy hand start terrific totally
We were totally intimidated by the guy to start with because he had such free roam. We never got a hand in his face. He's a terrific player.
close last next rule second
We've always had a rule in the last second or so: get next to your man. We weren't even close to the guy.
couple plays win
Fortunately Andrei made a couple of big plays to win the ballgame.
ball basket free great guys passing ready team throw throws
Give (the Heat) credit, because they're a great team. They've got guys who can get to the basket and get to the free throw line. We don't have a guy who can get 20 free throws a night. So how are we going to play? We've got to do it from a team concept, by passing the ball and being ready to pass it.
change committed seems staying totally
He seems to be totally committed to staying out. That could change if he's been out for a while and he doesn't go too far.
again guys job wants whatever
He should be upset. I was upset, too ? but my job is to try to get these guys to go play again (tonight). He always has the right to do whatever he wants to do. I know that.
biggest confidence gives hopefully
Hopefully this gives us some confidence to try to get better. That's the biggest thing.
couple great hung situations
We made some mistakes, but we also had some situations where I think we could've hung in there a little better if we'd had a couple of things go our way. I'm not going to take anything away from them because they're a great team, but it's frustrating.
great shots wonderful
He was terrific. He made his shots and he's just a wonderful player. I think we're intimidated by him a great deal.
ball basket confident extremely free played playing seemed terrific took
He's (Palacio) terrific, he was terrific down the stretch. He made his free throws; he took the ball to the basket and just played extremely well. He seemed to be very confident playing in that position.
assignment ball complement guys terrific tough
He is a tough assignment for anybody. He's a terrific player. He can put the ball on the floor. And they've got the right complement for him: They've got guys that can make 3-point shots.
ball looked somebody threatened threw totally
He got the ball inside, and he just threw it back out. I don't know if somebody threatened him in there, or what. But it looked like we were totally afraid.