Chris Lofton
Chris Lofton
Christopher Franklin LoftonMarch 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player who plays for Le Mans Sarthe of the French LNB Pro A. He played college basketball with the University of Tennessee Volunteers. He was a member of the NBA's Denver Nuggets Summer League...
matter ready
We're just ready to play again. It doesn't matter where it is or who it's against.
minutes
We've got heart. We don't back down from nobody. We're going to come at you for 40 minutes and get after you, and that's just how it is.
capable level
There's another level we need to get to, and I think we're capable of getting to that level. We're going to need it, because it doesn't get any easier.
coming higher players
They did what they had to do. They had players coming in that were higher rated.
executing felt hard home plays protect supposed win
This is Rupp Arena. It's hard to win up here. I think they felt like they had to win. This their home court, and you're supposed to protect your home court. But we never give up. We just keep executing plays and doing what we've got to do to win the game.
easy unless
I thought they were going to come to me the whole time, unless we got an easy shot, of course.
likes nobody respond
I think we'll respond well. We don't like losing. Nobody likes losing.
talking wished worked
He was just talking about how he wished it would have worked out for me up here.
ball catch coming continuing easy harder main move moving standing
I'm focused, and I'm ready. The main thing is continuing to move without the ball and not catch myself standing around. When I'm standing around, I'm easy to guard. But when I'm moving and coming off screens, I'm harder to guard.
limiting physical playing stuff teams touches trying
They just weren't going in today, you know? Teams are playing a lot more physical and limiting my touches and trying to make me do stuff I don't want to do.
believe coach
He's the kind of coach that makes you believe you can win.
finally fired kept
I kept shooting. Finally one went in for me. I didn't see the goal. I just fired it up there.
bad couple guess took
I guess you could say we took a couple of bad shots.
beaten fourth guess people telling time
I guess this is big. People have been telling me it's big. It's only the fourth time we've beaten them here.