Avery Johnson
Avery Johnson
Avery Johnsonis an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team. Johnson spent 16 years in the National Basketball Association as a player, and subsequently served as the head coach of two NBA teams: the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets. He led the Mavericks to their first NBA Finals appearance and to three consecutive 50+ win seasons. During his playing days, Johnson was known as the "Little General" for his...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1969
CityNew Orleans, LA
A very disappointing loss. We played a short stretch there in the fourth quarter a little bit. But other than that, we didn't play well at all again tonight and that's what concerns me.
A very disappointing loss, a disappointing way to end our road trip. Their point guards destroyed us. It's that simple. They destroyed us.
This isn't going to be an easy series for anybody. Memphis isn't going to back down from anybody. They haven't played their best game.
This is the best he's looked in the last couple of days. Hopefully, we can get in a good practice in Utah, and then we'll see how he looks.
This gives our assistant coaches a chance to show what they can really do. Basically we're down to about eight guys in the rotation. It's not like we have two at each position. We're just trying to make adjustments.
This gives him a chance to pursue a lot of things that he's really passionate about, like working in the church and spending time with his family,
No question, this was a big win for us. We stayed mentally and physically tough.
No question, this was a big win for us. I thought we showed a lot of mental toughness.
They were in sync. It really shows how great of a team sport basketball can be when you have everybody on the same page.
I thought Diop did well with limited minutes ... and I thought Dampier came out and contributed off the bench.
I thought Damp (Erick Dampier) really shut down a lot of their penetrations in the fourth quarter. He got a couple of blocks, rebounds and I thought he was the reason we won the game.
I was concerned about this game. Byron Scott has done as good a job as anybody in the league, and they have that team in playoff contention.
I thought this was our best performance of the series. We talked about playing tough, hard-nosed defense tonight to try and close this series out.
I thought this was our best performance of the series.