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...
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.
good growing keeps learning shows staying
When it keeps happening, that shows you?re not learning and you?re not growing from your mistakes. You?re just staying in the same place -- and that?s not a good sign. You always want to grow. You always want to get better.
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.
good seven stay
We?re 5-2 after the break. If we could go 5-2 every seven games, we?d have a good record. We just have to stay up and not get down.
bulls game games played pull quit stay
Going down the stretch, it's disappointing when you don't play well, especially when you've got opportunities to win. Just about every game we've played down the stretch, we just couldn't pull them out, so it's more disappointing than anything. The Bulls keep losing, so we're still in the playoffs. We've got 16 games left, got to stay with it, just can't quit and keep trying.
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.
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.
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.
felt games move supposed
It felt different this time. All the other games were emotional. This game felt like we were supposed to win. We did that and we move on.
good growing happening keeps learning shows
When it keeps happening that shows you're not learning and you're not growing from your mistakes. That's not a good sign. We keep doing the same things over and over that's the frustrating part.
keeps learning shows
When it keeps happening, it shows that we're not learning from our mistakes. We keep doing the same things, and that's the frustrating part.
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 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.