Chris Kaman
Chris Kaman
Christopher Zane Kamanis an American-German professional basketball player who last played for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. Kaman stands 7'0"and weighs 265 pounds. He was selected sixth overall in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, after a college basketball career at Central Michigan University...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 April 1982
CityGrand Rapids, MI
guys hopefully match playoffs quarter second
The second quarter is what killed us. Hopefully we'll get to play these guys in the playoffs because I think we match up well with them.
ball good job team turn
We did a good job defensively. We didn't turn the ball over much. It was really more of a team win.
bit played pressure punish
We played them good, we had them going. We've got to keep the pressure on, punish them. We didn't do that. I think it was a little bit of jitters, maybe.
becoming cool possible seems
It'd be a pretty cool situation. It seems like it's becoming more and more possible each game.
playoffs since
We haven't been in the playoffs since 1997.
hard hit longer minutes sustain worked
He's able to sustain longer minutes in the game. He's more powerful, and he's able to hit the jumper a lot better; he worked real hard on that.
ball best good position situation
I don't know what the situation is, but if I get the ball in good position I try to do the best I can to score.
absence helps offense record
No offense to Kenyon, but I think (his absence) helps them. Look at their record without him.
building chemistry critical fit five great people played swing three time trying
We've have chemistry that we've been building with him not playing, so we're trying to fit him in. People can't be so critical of him. I mean, let him play three or five games. Corey's a great player, but he hasn't played in three months, so you've got to give him some time to get back into the swing of things.
defense lose
It's frustrating to lose like that. The defense wasn't there at all tonight.
five obviously ourselves playoffs preparing somehow step tonight
It's just kind of frustrating, somehow we can never get these guys. I don't know if it's mental, obviously too many turnovers tonight was a big thing. I had five myself in the first half, that's just unacceptable. We're not preparing ourselves the right way for the playoffs like we need to. We've got to step it up.
close kept letting seems
It just seems like we couldn't close it. We were up by 15, 17, 18 and we just kept letting them back in it. It's kind of disappointing, but we got the win.
against beaten best bring geared solid teams
There are some solid teams that we've beaten -- and there's some teams that we should have beaten and didn't. It's just frustrating. I think we play better against teams like this and we get more geared up for them. I think they bring out the best in us.
seen
We didn't play soft. There were a lot of fouls called. Some that we weren't used to and some that I haven't seen in my whole life.