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
fought presented whenever
We had a lot of opportunities to quit. But whenever that presented itself, we fought our way out of it.
mental physical
We had way too many breakdowns. Mental breakdowns and physical breakdowns.
close fight games lost trying
We've lost so many games like this; they've been close games and we're trying to fight to the end, but a play has to be made.
across couple early focus game ready starters
Our focus early in this game was unacceptable for a game this big. Not all across the board, but a couple of our starters just weren't ready tonight.
ball ben came hot movement
Our ball movement came to a screeching halt. Ben got hot for us early, and after that our ball movement just kind of stopped.
everybody people played player pro respects second tend though understand
I think he is the most-improved player (in the NBA). I also thought he should have been all-rookie (NBA selection) and things like that. But people look at him as already a pro player. I understand that because he has played professionally for a long time. I know everybody respects him around the league, they just tend to look at him as a long-term veteran, or whatever, even though he's in his second year.
conflict given good interest suppose
I suppose that's a good question. I don't know. Would there be a conflict of interest there because he was in Washington? I really haven't given that a whole lot of thought.
best game great maybe tyson
I thought it was a great effort. Tyson was a big lift. I thought maybe that he had his best game of the year.
best chance game great proactive rebounds second tyson
I thought it was a great effort. Tyson (Chandler) was a big lift. I thought he had his best game of the year. Our game was proactive and most importantly, we got a lot of rebounds and second chance opportunities.
basket flashes happy nice stuff touch
I thought he showed some flashes of what stuff he could do. He scored around the basket and showed a nice touch on a perimeter shot. I was happy to be able to give him as many minutes.
felt game mistakes needed point
This was a game we felt like we needed to win. It's getting to the point where we're making the same mistakes over and over again.
dealing difficult good job players showing talented
There are talented players over there, but from what I read, (McMillan) is still dealing with players showing up late. Those are things that are very difficult to deal with. I'm an outsider, but I think he has done a good job of it.
beginning force good kirk nice offense played ran tonight
Kirk was outstanding tonight pretty much from beginning to end. Defensively he was as good as he always is and he played with a nice tempo. He didn't really force anything, ran the offense well, penetrated and made a lot of good decision.
normally pay run
Just to run down and double-team Shaq all over the place, it normally doesn't pay off.