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
funny great might
I thought he might be a little standoffish and not want to be here. He's a great guy, he's funny and he's got your back, 100 percent.
funny great might
I thought he might be a little standoffish and not want to be here, ... He's a great guy, he's funny and he's got your back, 100 percent.
appreciate great might second start until
It's just a great feeling. It's still kind of surreal. I might not appreciate it until we start the second round.
eliminate guess might ourselves teams
That might have been for the past, for teams that weren't winning. I guess Chauncey and I might have to eliminate ourselves from that poll.
erased great lead might three
In the past, we might have folded, but we erased that 12-point lead and we're up three at halftime. It's a great, great feeling. It's much different than before.
tried
We tried to take them out early. This was a must-win for us.
benefit coming energy game run speed spent tried
We tried to speed up the game and do some things that would benefit us. There was a lot of energy spent coming back from the first-quarter run they had.
opportunity stretch taking tough victory
We just had a tough stretch there where we couldn't make anything. Taking them to OT, that's one thing, but we had an opportunity for a victory here.
difference field goals last wins
We were last in three-point field goals, and that makes a big difference in wins and losses,
box cut
We have to cut our turnovers down and box out. It's that simple.
built came fights-and-fighting kept
We had them. We built a 20-point lead, but they kept fighting. It's a lesson-learned. Overall, we came out with a victory.
sam
We will not be overconfident. Sam and I will not let that happen.
decided good stops
We got some good stops once we decided to play defense,
sloppy
We got sloppy at the end, but we accomplished what we wanted to.