Gary Payton
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Paytonis an American former professional basketball player. He started at the point guard position. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals. He also played with the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, the last with whom he won an NBA championship. He was nicknamed "The Glove" for his excellent defensive ability. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 July 1968
CityOakland, CA
It's him. He brought his system here, and he wanted us to run. Most of the guys on this team want to run.
It's got to be up to Shaq. If he hits the boards like that with us, we're going to win a lot of basketball games.
It's all about mentality. We play these teams four or five times a year anyway, so we just need to not do the things that caused us to lose to them in the regular season.
This is what we're supposed to be here for. We're supposed to step up for things like this.
They're athletic and young and they're all freewheeling. They're playing really loose, so it's going to be a good challenge.
They're all athletic and young and they're all free willing. They (Chicago) are playing really loose. It's going to be a good challenge. We're going to have Shaq back in there and all of us playing on the same page with everybody back.
They've got a legit team. You can't go in there and say it's a win. You've got to take those guys seriously now.
A lot of guys are stepping up, a lot of things are happening for us that are good. Everybody's stepping in and playing their roles, so all we think about is winning right now. We're starting to jell a little bit.
We knew they were going to make a run, but we didn't know we were going to go cold like we did and not execute. We were really executing well until the end, then we stopped playing defense and let them do what they wanted.
We always have to be the ones to give us a little energy.
We're more focused on the road. On the road, those hills we create for ourselves look a lot higher.
What they were doing in the first half we were doing in the second half.
We're going to have to play freely and open.
Hopefully it's not going to be long for him to be out. He's a big guy. He came down and twisted his ankle pretty bad. I saw it.