Phil Jackson
Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jacksonis an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, currently serving as president of the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association. Jackson was the head coach of the Chicago Bulls from 1989 until 1998, during which Chicago won six NBA championships. His next team, the Los Angeles Lakers, won five championships from 2000 until 2010. In total, Jackson has won 11 NBA titles as a coach, surpassing the previous record of nine set...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 September 1945
CityDeer Lodge, MT
CountryUnited States of America
He (Lakers owner Jerry Buss) knew what he was trying to get accomplished, but still in all, it never quite seems to match up.
I've been nudging him gently in the right direction, hopefully, and I think he's ready to turn the corner,
It's 1-1. We haven't done anything yet. Now it's time to come home and see if we can't win on our court and get the actual lead in the series.
Poor decisions and free throw shooting haunted us. I was disappointed in our ball control.
I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
I still think we have a good chance, ... I still feel that we're the odds-on favorite to be the team of destiny.
It's just about momentum. About picking up momentum. Usually there's one or two keys that go in a series and then it changes or flip-flops.
I've seen quite a few guys do that in his situation, focused. He wanted to stay in, in the second quarter. He asked to stay in so he could get loose, get a second wind.
The star of the game obviously goes to Tim Thomas.
They knew how intensely they had to play. They knew that there had to be a win. We just said that we're going to win this game regardless. I'm going to play the players that have to play to win the game. They buckled down and did the job they had to do.
I think some of our guys hit a little bit of a wall here. We talked a lot about that ... This is a heavy time to play basketball. You've really got to take care of yourself. I had a couple of guys fighting through things out there, under-the-weather type of things. They just couldn't get themselves going.
That's basically a lot of the belief I have. Establishing dominance and taking responsibility for it.
I think we are playing relatively good basketball. Tonight we were quick to the ball and did a good job on defense.
The Olympics is a daunting thing. We have to face the fact that (by doing it this way) we'll cut our players short a little bit.