Brian Hill
Brian Hill
increasing low needs presence strength work
He needs to work on increasing his strength and stamina. He needs to do more (lifting weights) to become more of a presence in the low post.
ball
We can live with that if we had rebounded the ball better.
course everybody excellent good obviously point time win
This was obviously a real good win for us tonight. I thought we just really got excellent contributions from everybody at some point and time during the course of the game.
good line night offensive
When he's getting to the line eight, nine, 10 times a night, that's when he's having a good offensive game.
came chicago credit gave guys honest played playing reflected sure
Sure they were disappointed, but I don't think it was reflected in our play. I thought the guys came out and gave us an honest effort. I don't think we played as well as we'd been playing but let's give Chicago some credit for that.
francis good guys job last looked steve watching year
Steve looked like, I think, the Steve Francis that you guys were used to watching last year and that we anticipate. He was aggressive, he was attacking, he did a good job defensively.
aggressive basketball control creating driving played steve time
Steve has played under control and yet at the same time has been aggressive at driving the basketball and creating opportunities. He's really played well lately.
ball behind feet four heck special
That ball was about four feet behind him and I think it was actually deflected a little bit. That was a very, very special play by a heck of an athlete.
core group players
I think our core group of players is here right now.
difficult direction gives good guard pick roll settles team
I think (Nelson) just settles our team down a little bit, gives them some real good direction out there and he's very difficult to guard in pick and roll situations.
both effort everybody game last second sluggish starters talked team total
Before the game we talked about just getting a total team effort tonight. From everybody - from both units, our starters and our second unit. I thought we really got that tonight. We didn't come out sluggish like we did last night.
both effort field game goals great helps percentage reserves shooting starters talked team total
Before the game we talked about a total team effort -- getting something from both the starters and reserves -- and I thought we really got that tonight. We had 41 field goals and 24 assists, which is a great percentage and when you're shooting 58 percent, it helps a great deal.
early family hawks obviously sad somebody
It's really sad for somebody that young and so early in his professional career. It's obviously devastating for his wife, his family and the Hawks organization.
anytime five league record road six teams tough winning year
Anytime we can get road wins, it's huge. It's a tough league to get road wins. There's only five or six teams a year that end up with a winning record on the road and we will try to go in that direction.