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
kirk team
I've said it many times, Kirk does so many things for our team that his shot-making is down the list.
given played team
That kind of team has given us problems. We're going to have to play much better than we played tonight.
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.
double dream impossible point seen teams
It would be impossible at this point to dream up something that Shaq hasn't already seen. He's seen double teams from the passer, double teams on the catch, double teams when he dribbles once.
couple guys last rebuild resilient secret stayed teams tribute trying
It's no secret that the last couple of years we were trying to rebuild and redo our team, and there's a lot of teams that try to do that and can't get in the playoffs. For our guys to get in is a tribute to the way they have been resilient and stayed with it.
geared guys hang team time
This is kind of a team that's been getting geared up for this time of year. Our guys have been able to hang with them, but this is going to be a different animal.
last saw team
They're a different team than when we saw them last time.
team time together
They put together that team for this time of year.
beat hard period short team trying twice
The hard thing is trying to beat a team twice in a short period of time. It's always difficult.
certainly elevate great guys players teams time year
This is the time of year when the great players and the great teams elevate their play. We need all of our guys to elevate their play. He's certainly an important part of that.
ball business good meant team whatever
For whatever reason, we meant business when the ball went up tonight. That's the team I see in practice. It was good to see them take it into the game.
behind occur scenes team worse
I've never been part of a team where that didn't occur at some point. And sometimes behind the scenes is way worse than that.
earlier field goals guys less line penalty puts putting shoot sort team
Fouling him and putting him on the line makes him theoretically shoot less field goals and puts him on the line, but it also puts their team in the penalty earlier every quarter. And then other guys are going to the line. ... So if we're just fouling Shaq sort of indiscriminately, it can be a long night.
anybody ben depth guys involved kinds knows league normally offense playing stock team watches
Anybody that's involved in the league in depth and watches us play knows that we have more things in our offense for Ben probably than any other team in the league has for any other player. It's normally the guys who aren't playing well that are making those kinds of comments. So I don't put much stock in that.