Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenkois a Russian-American former professional basketball player, currently the Commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation. At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He spent three years with CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 February 1981
CityIzhevsk, Russia
cold confident felt free technique throw tonight
Everything was right, everything about my technique was good. Sometimes when you're shooting, you feel a little cold and that's a factor. But tonight I just felt confident at the free throw line.
catch chance last
Right now, we're in last chance -- last chance to catch the train.
bad chance good win
We don't have a good chance (to make the playoffs), it's a bad chance. But we have a chance, which is good. We have to win a lot of games, but we still feel like we can do it.
chasing finally fourth hard intimidate miami orlando quarter teams
We have to play hard and not let teams intimidate us in the first quarter like Miami and Orlando did. You have to keep chasing and chasing. Finally in the fourth quarter when you've got them, you have no energy.
four
Four more games. We still have a chance, so let's fight.
fourth free game line throw
From the line I was concentrating. I was a machine. I like scoring, especially from the free throw line, especially in the fourth quarter, especially with the game on the line.
energy except focusing fourth good held job lots portland quarter
I wouldn't say we had lots of energy but we did a pretty good job on concentrating and focusing on the game, and we held down Portland defensively except for the fourth quarter when Zach Randolph started scoring. I think we held them good. Offensively, we just executed well and didn't give them any chance.
ball executing hot matt trying
Matt was the only one who was executing our offense. He was hot and we were just trying to get the ball in his hands.
coach good job mad ourselves picking second
Of course, coach was mad and everyone understands. We can't play like this. I think we did a pretty good job of picking ourselves up in the second half.
article girls hotel lining outside
When this article comes out, girls will be lining up outside his hotel door.
catch difference found hard playing
We found that streak, and we just started playing hard defensively. That's the difference we should play every night. We need to catch it.
game heads keeping
This was very important for us. We're still alive. We are keeping our heads in the game and in the race.
game matter start
We just have to start winning. Every game is important. We still have chances. We're still in the race. Win, no matter how. That is all there is to it.
everybody good ready win yesterday
We had a day off yesterday and I think everybody had a good day off and was ready for the game. For the most part I'm excited, especially to win the game.