Larry Brown
Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
ball crucial four free gave missed plays shot six straight three throws turned
We had four straight possessions. We called something and never got into any of them. Never got into any of the plays we were calling. We had crucial turnovers. We had a three-second , a missed dunk, turned the ball over, a charge. We gave them six straight free throws and had three possessions where we didn't get a shot up.
defended hard kids played plays reward together
I was thrilled. The young kids have been working hard and it shows. They played together well and they defended well, made some big plays and that's a reward in itself.
effort hustle played plays
We made some hustle plays that got us back. We played hard. The effort was there, and that was big.
beginning five four front good indicator nobody plays
At the beginning of the game, the first four or five plays they just got to the front of the rim with nobody helping. That was a pretty good indicator of how it went.
gave guard highlight plays seven six
There is no way you can guard if you don't compete. We gave up about six or seven plays that will be on highlight film.
aggressive create eight good looking plays shots
I reiterated to him that he can't have seven, eight shots a game. He's got to be looking to make plays . . . The more aggressive he is looking to take shots, the better he'll become. I want him to take as many good shots as he can, and by doing that, he'll create for others.
caught games great heard hope hurt next played playing plays teammates wants win
I hope he wants what I want. I hope he wants to win games, make his teammates better. That's the only thing that really matters. I heard he wants to play like Allen. I heard he wants us to play like Phoenix. I don't get caught up in that. I thought he was playing great and if he plays like he played before he got hurt we'll win games next year.
plays run seems start
It seems when we get into a fight, we start going too much as individuals. I didn't see us run many plays at all.
against almost front good guard job keeping people plays script trouble
We can't guard anybody. We don't do a good job of getting back. We have trouble keeping people in front and it's almost like people script plays against us.
ball half hang struggled turned
I thought the first half we really struggled offensively and turned the ball over a lot, but we just managed to hang in defensively and that was critical.
rookies situation tough
I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that.
process time understand
I think we just sometimes don't understand how we get leads, and time and score. We're just young and this is the process you've got to live with.
brought defensive fair intensity kids quarter third took
I think we didn't have much defensive intensity at all in the third quarter. The third quarter was not what we expected, so I wanted to put the young kids in and they brought us back into the game. I didn't think it would be fair if I took them out.
demanding
I think what you've got to do is keep simplifying it and demanding it,