Damon Jones
Damon Jones
Damon Darron Jonesis an American retired professional basketball player, and current member of the coaching staff for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Associationas a shooting consultant...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 August 1976
CityGalveston, TX
fully glad happen knew respect time
The whole time I said that I was innocent. I knew there was an investigation that had to happen and I respect that process. I was fully cooperative and I'm just glad it's over.
game knew
Game, set, match, I knew it was over.
both enjoyed great hope
I hope they appreciated me. We both enjoyed each other. They were great fans.
arrived basketball granted taking team tend win
It's win or go home. If you think you've arrived as a basketball team just because you make the playoffs, you tend to come out a little lackadaisical. We can't take anything for granted ? not one game, one quarter, one play, one possession, one minute, one second. We're not taking anything for granted.
atmosphere black deserve fans great hills playoffs time waited year
That's a long time ago, the Black Hills days. I know the atmosphere is going to be great this year in the playoffs because these fans have waited a long time. They deserve some excitement.
beat close minutes necessary
We're very confident. We feel like if we do the necessary things for as close to 48 minutes as possible, we can beat anybody.
conference eastern felt finals last playoffs year
This was playoffs personified. This felt like the Eastern Conference Finals last year (with Miami).
season
We've been like that all season long ? very inconsistent.
basketball came credit game good great half learned momentum move plan prior second speed tried
You have to give credit to Dallas, they came up with a great game plan in the second half to speed the game up and get the momentum down in there place. They came in here and tried to do the same thing, but because we learned from our prior mistakes. We were able to move the basketball and get some good looks.
basket brought create open plays shots space team total
That's what myself and Donyell were brought here to do ? create space for (James). We were able to make shots and open the floodgates up. He was able to get to the basket and was able to make plays for Z on the inside. It was a total team effort.
discomfort doctors finding great hearing job problem top
Definitely, we're relieved. When we first started hearing about his discomfort we were all kind of worried. But the doctors did a great job of finding the problem and getting on top of it.
basketball defend execute guys held move offensive share team tough turned
If we execute and share the basketball and move bodies, then we are a tough team to defend because we have a lot of guys that can do a lot of different things on the offensive end. Defensively, we turned it up and held them to one shot, and because of it, we got momentum.
guy hit send shot telling
I don't have a 7-foot, 300-pound guy on my (butt) telling me if I don't hit a shot he's going to send me to Siberia.
deal feed focus stride
My focus is always going to be on basketball. That's No. 1 goal, my No. 1 job. That's how I feed my family. And anything else, I'm going to take it in stride and I deal with it when it comes about.