Cedric Simmons
Cedric Simmons
Cedric "Ced" Tremaine Simmonsis an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. He was born in the United States, but also holds Bulgarian citizenship, and has played for the senior men's Bulgarian national basketball team. A 6'9" tall power forward-center, Simmons was selected by the New Orleans Hornets, in the first roundof the 2006 NBA Draft...
block definitely great
That was just a great block by him. It was definitely a big play.
sit
It was very frustrating. I feel like I could have made a difference, but I had to sit out.
free held plays until
We had held our own until that happened. We just couldn't make the plays at the end and they made all their free throws.
both calves elevate shot
My calves were cramping up, both of them. So I couldn't really elevate on my shot like I usually do.
felt
Me, personally, I felt like we had to make a statement.
came feels gives great win
It feels great to win. The first win is always big in the tournament, and this gives us confidence. But it's only one win. We didn't come here just for one win. We came here for the whole thing.
beat heart seen teams year
I thought it was going in actually. I've seen a lot of teams get beat this year on the same situation, same shot. My heart kind of stopped.
carolina confidence happened learn learned
We've got to learn how to finish. It was kind of the same thing that happened at the Carolina game. But I got some confidence and I learned that I can play with the best.
best confidence hang practice work
I got some confidence that I can play with the best. I can hang with the best in the country, but I still have some things to learn. I still have to get stronger. But I can go into practice with something to work on.
action driving good low offense post ran
We were driving to the basket, had some good low post action and we ran our offense very well.
game style
It's not a game plan, it's our style of defense.
drum michael
I told him it didn't matter. I had Michael Drum on me.
confused everybody finish games learn
We were kind of confused on what to do. Everybody wasn't on the same page. We've just got to learn how to finish games better.
beginning couple hard momentum needed stops transition
They really jumped on us hard at the beginning. We didn't get the stops when we needed them. They had a couple of transition baskets that kind of killed the whole momentum (after our comeback).