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year, winning just 17 games. They bounced back in his second season to finish with 43 wins, reaching the postseason for the first time since 1995, before losing in the first round to eventual
Western Conference finalist Minnesota. The Nuggets improved their win total by 26 games β the most ever by a team that won less than 20 games the year before and at the time the sixth-best single-season improvement in NBA history. His team also became the first in the history of the NBA to go from less than 20 wins to the playoffs the next year (since going to an 82-game schedule in 1976).
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of an astounding career emerges." Hall of Fame coach and executive Pat Riley, who worked with
Bzdelik in both New York and Miami, said, "I can't think of a man in the NBA that has more experience, more knowledge, more wisdom about how to defend in the contemporary game today, than Jeff. I was just always impressed with his scouting reports. He was very detailed. Very neat. Things were logical and coherent. He had all the right calls. We knew what the other team was gonna run."
553:"All year long, we've worked on our habits for this moment. There needs to be an understanding that it takes all five players on the court to get stops. Through the whole course of the year, we've been on players to understand we need to have the right habits. When you talk about championship cultures, teammates don't just play with each other, they play for each other. They refuse to let each other down. That's the culture we're trying to create defensively."
536:"We discuss everything, how we want to do things, how we want to present it," D'Antoni said. "He has a great connection with players. He has to be the little pest to get them to pay attention to detail. He's great at it. It works for me because I trust him completely. It allows me to concentrate on relationships, the offensive side, dealing with (media). I knew he was thorough. He's perfect."
453:. The team made a first round NCAA tournament appearance β just the fourth in school history β his first year after finishing with the best record (24β7) in the program's 50-year history. The Falcons have not appeared in the NCAA tournament since. The next year, they surpassed the record from the previous year by winning 26 games and made it to the NIT semifinals.
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550:"The first thing we talked about when we got together in the summer was 'If you don't defend, you're not going to win,' " Bzdelik said. "History shows that. It's that simple. You're not going to run around scoring a lot of points, getting open shots in the playoffs. You better guard. And you can't just turn it on and turn it off."
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During the season, Bzdelik was profiled by VICE Sports. "In over a dozen interviews with coaches, players, and basketball executives who have worked with
Bzdelik, the portrait of a hyper-driven, beloved, and tactically adept coach who has stockpiled inestimable reams of information over the course
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Mountain Revue summer league and motivating the team's young players. He was named the head coach of the Nuggets on August 21, 2002. The team struggled in his first
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Rockets were the best team in the NBA at defending the handler in ball screens. They ranked second in charges drawn, second in defending the screener/roller in ball screens, third in forcing a second action in ball screens and third in defensive 3-point field goal percentage.
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One of the least-discussed plots was the fact that head coach Mike D'Antoni willingly accepted a "defensive coordinator" with the addition of Jeff
Bzdelik. D'Antoni brought the glitz, the glamor and the stats to Houston, while Bzdelik has helped keep the team from having a one-track mind.
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2636:(1944β1950)
2628:(1942β1944)
2620:(1935β1942)
2612:(1934β1935)
2610:Dutch Clark
2604:(1933β1934)
2596:(1924β1933)
2588:(1918β1924)
2580:(1917β1918)
2572:(1914β1917)
2564:(1912β1914)
2556:(1906β1912)
2548:(1901β1906)
2482:(2012β2020)
2474:(2007β2012)
2466:(2005β2007)
2458:(2004β2005)
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2442:(1984β2000)
2434:(1971β1984)
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2353:Melvin Hunt
2347:(2013β2015)
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2337:George Karl
2323:(2002β2004)
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2299:(1998β1999)
2291:(1997β1998)
2283:(1996β1997)
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2227:(1974β1979)
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2219:(1971β1974)
2217:Alex Hannum
2211:(1970β1971)
2209:Stan Albeck
2203:(1969β1970)
2201:Joe Belmont
2187:(1967β1969)
2121:(2016β2021)
2113:(2012β2016)
2105:(2004β2012)
2097:(1995β2004)
2089:(1988β1995)
2081:(1986β1988)
2073:(1974β1986)
2071:Billy Jones
2065:(1968β1974)
2057:(1967β1968)
2055:Joe Phillip
1263:Wake Forest
1240:Wake Forest
1217:Wake Forest
1194:Wake Forest
1182:(2010β2014)
1085:(2007β2010)
1001:(2005β2007)
930:(1986β1988)
912:Postseason
906:Conference
802:first round
624:WβL %
621:Games lost
515:Daryl Morey
270:(assistant)
253:(assistant)
235:Wake Forest
190:(assistant)
173:(assistant)
146:(assistant)
135:(assistant)
106:(1972β1976)
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2979:Categories
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2812:Phil Utley
2674:Tom Miller
2658:Bill Blair
2634:Frosty Cox
2618:Frosty Cox
2345:Brian Shaw
2313:Mike Evans
2281:Dick Motta
2111:Aki Thomas
2063:John Frank
1912:2019-05-18
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1679:2017-09-26
1655:2017-09-26
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1339:25 January
1309:References
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615:Games won
409:Miami Heat
397:Wes Unseld
354:Early life
336:basketball
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2916:Dave Odom
2908:Bob Staak
2900:Carl Tacy
2706:Tad Boyle
2602:Henry Iba
2578:Bob Evans
2488:Joe Scott
2448:Joe Scott
2432:Hank Egan
2424:Bob Spear
2305:Dan Issel
2257:Dan Issel
2127:Jim Ferry
2119:Ryan Odom
1838:chron.com
1746:USA TODAY
1698:NBA Stats
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1138:Colorado
1117:Colorado
1096:Colorado
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909:Standing
632:Playoffs
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466:Buffaloes
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276:2019β2020
231:2010β2014
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151:1986β1988
140:1980β1986
129:1978β1980
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2642:Bebe Lee
2546:No coach
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1694:"Teams"
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769:2003β04
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809:Denver
764:Denver
722:Denver
395:coach
60:, U.S.
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1285:51β76
1267:17β16
1250:Tβ9th
1244:13β18
1227:Tβ9th
1221:13β18
1162:10β38
1159:36β58
1141:15β16
1099:12β20
1065:22β10
1062:50β16
1047:Tβ3rd
979:25β31
975:UMBC:
963:13β15
960:UMBC
944:12β16
941:UMBC
900:Team
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670:Year
667:Team
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1627:2016
1341:2019
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1247:6β12
1224:4β12
1204:12th
1201:1β15
1198:8β24
1144:6β10
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1120:9β22
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1044:10β6
1041:26β9
1020:12β4
1017:24β7
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689:WβL%
263:2019
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162:1988
155:UMBC
42:Born
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