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
handle hard last played reacting time
We didn't handle it very well the last time we played them. We had a hard time reacting to it.
beginning mentally paid tonight trouble
We did not play well enough to win. We had way too many breakdowns, mentally and physically. We had a lot of trouble tonight from beginning to end maintaining our focus, and we paid for it.
mentally
We did not play well enough to win. We had way to many breakdowns, mentally and physically.
decent game seconds shot win
We had a decent shot to win the game with 18 seconds to go.
good nba normally
We had a better-than-average NBA effort. But that's not normally good enough for us to win.
couple decent game left seconds shot tie tight
We got it tight there a couple times, kind of left our feet, got a little out of control. But having said that, we got a decent look at a 3-point shot to tie the game with 18 seconds to go. We had our chances.
answer close turned
We got it close and they just turned it on, and we didn't have an answer for it.
control rely saw several
We'll just have to rely on our depth. It's not something we can control right now. I saw the play several times, and he rolled it pretty good.
bigger games
With 18 games to go, they don't get much bigger than this. It's not like if we don't win, we're out of it or if we do win, it's devastating to Milwaukee. It's just a very important game.
games win
With 18 games to go they do not get much bigger. It is not as if we don't win we are out of it, or if we do win it does anything devastating to Milwaukee. It is just a very important game.
afraid bring good guy guys liked somebody
We liked Stephen. It's just that we wanted to take a look at a big guy also with the 10-days. It's good for them and it's good for our guys to know we're not afraid to bring somebody in and give them a look.
defense driving finally near ourselves picked sleep start third waited
We waited too long to start playing. We kind of sleep-walked through 2-1/2 quarters. Then near the end of the third quarter, we finally started getting aggressive. We started driving the ball, and our defense picked up. We clawed ourselves back into the game.
chip energy half ourselves quarters waited
We waited 2½ quarters before we got any energy going. Once we did, we were able to chip away at it and give ourselves half a chance.
energy quarters waited
We waited 2 1/2 quarters before we got any energy going.