Elton Brand
Elton Brand
Elton Tyron Brandis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association. After playing college basketball for Duke, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls, and later played for the 76ers, the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth11 March 1979
CityCortlandt Manor, NY
games great lately needed proud tough win
It is a great milestone for us to win 45 games. I am proud to be with the organization. It is important that we got this win. We had some tough games lately so we needed to get this win.
against came chance close good positives though
We had a good chance to win. We don't take any positives from this, even though we came close against a good team.
coming confident game lose playing
We didn't really lose our swagger. We just didn't play well defensively in some games. We feel confident coming into every game and we've been playing well as of late.
teams top
We want to be one of the top teams in the West, and we think we are.
against ball bounds hurt played second shots team tempo
They really hurt us in that second quarter. We kind of played their tempo a little bit. You've got to make shots against this team so they have to take the ball out of bounds so they can't outrun us.
break expecting fast focused good limit points tops
They're a good team. We're expecting a battle. We're going to try to limit them with their fast-break points because that's what they do. They get up and down and that's one of the things we're focused on. We've got to limit their fast break points because they're tops in the league.
attack extra five free gets hard knew knock line middle position throws win
They're aggressive, so we wanted to go hard at them, get to the line and knock down our free throws so that we'd be in a position to win the game. I knew Ostertag had five fouls, so I really wanted to attack him because he clogs that middle up, gets those tip-ins and gets extra possessions for them.
league
This isn't our fault. We're not doing anything wrong, but the league has put us in this position.
college somebody
Somebody said he did it in college. They had tape.
win
Once we win and get to the playoffs, it's all going to change.
competition course direct help taking talking wanting
After practice, you see him talking to him, going through drills, taking shots. Of course that's his direct competition, but you see him wanting to help the young guy.
absolutely advance again beat confidence definitely hard team worked
This is absolutely satisfying. It's like vindication because we worked so hard and this organization didn't give up. We definitely have the confidence to go out there, advance again and keep going. We feel we can beat every team out there.
four goal less minutes playoff points slip
Our goal was to clinch a playoff spot. To be up four points with less than two minutes is disappointing to see it slip away.
games gives road shows tight win
It gives us a lot of confidence. That we can go on the road and win those tough, tight games shows a lot about our character.