John Salmons
John Salmons
John Rashall Salmonsis an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Miami...
heard
It wasn't anything we hadn't heard before ? just a little more emphatically.
crowd function guy hard involved tough worrying
It's tough for me because you want to feel like you can play this game. If I'm in the crowd and I see somebody's not involved and not doing much, I'm going to think that guy can't play. The other team's not worrying about you. It's hard for me to function that way.
crunch
It's crunch time. We don't really have a choice. If we want to make the playoffs, that's what we have to do.
kept moving passing
They weren't on fire. They kept moving and passing the ball, just getting wide-open shots. If you have wide-open shots, that's what happens.
defend hit shots stay together tough
They hit some tough shots and we just didn't defend for 48 minutes. It's been like that for a while. We just got to stay together and just don't give up. You just got to keep trying.
asking figured question questions team tough
Um, I mean, if we had that figured out, we'd be a better team. That's the question that's out there. We can't figure it out. If we ever do, we'll be a tough team to beat. How y'all are asking these questions - we're all asking the same things.
biggest coming conference division eastern games home win within
We've got two home games. The biggest thing is just win games within our division and the Eastern Conference. We've got two Eastern Conference games coming up at home, so we want to try to take advantage.
consistent games score stay together tough
We are still in the playoffs, so we have to stay with it and keep trying. We have 16 games left. It is always tough to score on a consistent basis. We have to stay together and get shots.
against continue early knew shots
We knew all we had to do was, if we make two shots early against the zone, they're out of it, and we could continue doing what we were doing.
biggest consistent instead lose relying score stay stops together tough
When you lose a 30-point-a-game scorer, it's always going to be tough to score on a consistent basis. I think that's the biggest thing. We've got to stay together and try to get stops at the end instead of relying on scoring.
That's what killed us; it put us in a hole.
boost game next played takes
Sometimes, it only takes one game to boost you to the next level. The way he played tonight, he's well on his way.
boost game next plays takes
Sometimes it takes just one game to boost you to the next level. If he plays like that, he's well on his way.
half happening lose opposite second total win
The second half was the total opposite of the first half. If things don't change, the same thing is going to keep happening - win a game, lose a game.