Cliff Robinson
Cliff Robinson
Clifford Ralph "Cliff" Robinsonis an American retired professional basketball player who played for 5 teams throughout his career in the National Basketball Association...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth16 December 1966
CityBuffalo, NY
control frustrates
What we do is go out there and play hard. If that frustrates him, I have no control over that.
ball beating capable defensive enforce focus instead matter playing share style
We know we're capable of beating them. It's a matter of us playing our style of basketball. And they're kind of similar. They focus on the defensive end and share the ball a lot. It's up to us to enforce our will on them, instead of them doing it to us.
beat
When they beat us, they beat us pretty handily. So for us to go in there and try and get one on their floor, it's going to be important for us to do that.
ball defense good job keeping key move push teams
We do a really good job at keeping the ball moving. When we don't move the ball, teams can key in on Vince (Carter). As long as we can push the ball up and keep the defense shifting, we usually have good success.
good improve lab lets obviously played teams trip
They're obviously disappointing losses. We played some good teams on this trip and, to me, it just lets us know where we need to go. We didn't play them as well as we would like. We have to get back in the lab and try to improve on some things.
defense key later sooner teams wins
Defense to me, that wins games. You can outscore teams some nights, but sooner or later you have to get some stops. To me that's always been the key to winning.
age-and-aging happy matter
Thirty-nine, 49, it really doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter about the age. I'm just happy to get out there on the floor.
body continue holding love matter playing
Thirty-nine, 49, it really doesn't matter. I'm going to play as long as my body is holding up, as long as I continue to love playing basketball. It really doesn't matter about the age.
good played second took
I thought we played good 'D', but at the same time, they weren't doing the things it took to be effective. We can take some credit, but they didn't play so well in the second half.
might tough
I thought they might have called some tough ones. But what can you do? You just have to keep playing.
blow call capable time
I wouldn't say it's a blow to the confidence. But at the same time it should be a wake-up call for us, because if we don't go out and play the way we're capable of, this kind of thing can happen.
focus guard limit main shots stop tough trying
He's a tough player. At the same time, I think we'll be able to guard him. There's no way you're going to be able to stop Jermaine O'Neal. Our main focus is making him take tough shots and trying to limit him a little bit.
feeling good guys lose
If that happens, we'll take it. We've got such a good feeling right now and guys don't want to lose it.
couple few free hustle offensive plays rebound throw
They made a couple more hustle plays than we did. That offensive rebound off the free throw was really big. But we still had opportunities after that. They just made a few more plays.