Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey
Dwane Caseyis an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Casey is also a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached there for over a decade before moving on to the NBA...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 April 1957
fact good last looks prepared rhythm shots
We got good looks last night, so it wasn't the fact we weren't getting shots. I think we're better prepared (after Thursday's practice) for the rhythm shots now than we were yesterday.
finally game
We finally got a game on a last-second shot.
envelope fast force guys increase instead jogging push running
We wanted to increase the tempo, push the envelope and play as fast as we could. If you are going to be a running team, you have to do it every night. You have to force it. Sometimes the guys think they are running, and they are jogging instead of sprinting.
guys stepping
We have to have more distribution from other guys stepping up.
coming good job looking matching playing quickly ready recognize run small
We didn't do a good job of matching up in transition. They were playing a small lineup. We didn't recognize quickly enough, because they were coming down and not looking to run a play but looking for the three-point line. If you're not ready to get back in transition, it's going to be a long night.
both egg ends goose guys hard mistakes opportunity playoff recover
We had an opportunity to get in the playoff race, and to come back with a goose egg is very disappointing for me. It should be disappointing for the players, and it's disappointing to the staff. When you have young guys like that, we make so many mistakes on both ends of the floor, it's hard to recover from that on the road.
extend guys lead open opportunity wide
We had an opportunity to extend the lead but didn't come up with making the play. We had open shots, guys were wide open but you've got to be able to make those.
closest guy third
We need his offense. For us, he's the closest thing to that third scorer we need. He's the quickest guy we have.
far possibilities road stand trip
We know this road trip is going to have a lot to say about where we stand as far as the possibilities of making the playoffs.
jack shots
We got the shots we wanted and the spacing we wanted. We didn't jack up threes.
happened lose ways
It happened so quick. We come up with different ways to lose it.
boards defensive hard offensive run
It's hard to run out when you don't get defensive stops. They got so many offensive boards that it slowed down our momentum.
laughed laughter walked
They would have laughed if you walked in with long shorts.
definitely exhibition extend games minutes preserve ready sure
Not only because of the sprained ankle; we definitely want to make sure that we preserve him in these exhibition games and not extend his minutes so he's ready and fresh.