Scott Skiles
Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skilesis an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Orlando Magic. He also coached the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks. A first-round draft pick out of Michigan State University, Skiles played ten seasons as a point guard in the NBA. He holds the NBA record for assists in one game with 30, set in his fifth season in the league and second with Orlando, in which he...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 March 1964
CityLa Porte, IN
ben bothered dealing faster free given open point shots speed trouble
He's bothered us in all areas. His speed has bothered us, he's made his open shots and we've given him too many free throws. He's always been one of the faster point guards. We've had Ben on him, and we've had trouble dealing with that speed.
consistent key separates teams top
If you look around the league, other than the top teams, all the teams try to get to be a consistent team. The only way you get to be a consistent team is if you get a consistent effort, especially from your key guys. That's kind of kind of separates the teams.
active game won
I thought we were very active (defensively) and it won the game for us tonight.
basketball conversation definitely difficult doubt easy far last terribly understood year
His personality has definitely come out this year, there's no doubt about it. He's much more comfortable around the guys. With the coaches, we could always have a basketball conversation with him last year because he understood the basketball terminology. But just as far as other conversations, it wasn't terribly difficult but it's much more easy now.
detroit five great players starting vote
Detroit has great players. I never thought there would ever be a day that I would vote for a whole starting five to be on the all-star team, and I did. They have great players and a great team.
invented larry sure
I'm pretty sure Larry invented the game. I'm pretty sure about that.
detroit rest washington
Detroit has its own agenda, which is to rest its guys, and Washington has the motivation, which is understandable. So is the Orlando-Indiana game. That's part of it. That's why you play all 82 (games).
assured certainly confidence good knock lost sure tonight
Nothing. I told 'O' the other day we certainly have not lost confidence in him. I wanted to make sure he hasn't lost confidence in himself, and he assured me he hadn't. Tonight he got some good looks, and he was able to knock them down.
assured certainly confidence lost sure
O' just made his shots. As I told him the other day, we certainly haven't lost confidence in him or anything. I wanted to make sure that he hadn't lost confidence in himself. He assured me that he hadn't.
appears decide energy finally happening three
It appears what is happening to us when we finally do decide to really get after it for two or three possessions (is) we don't have the energy to go get the ball. That's distressing for sure.
strange
I can write that one off, ... as just something strange that happened.
floor movement sharp stumbling
Our movement around the floor was not as sharp as it has been. We did a lot of stumbling around out there tonight.
left pain
He was in a lot of pain when he left the building.
players
I'd like to think the players are better. Yeah.