Josh Howard
Josh Howard
Joshua Jay Howardis an American professional basketball player. At 6 ft 7 inand 210 lb, he plays as a small forward...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth28 April 1980
CityWinston-Salem, NC
ball conscious defensive good happen personal score team
It's a big motivator. We've been a good defensive team and don't want to let that happen again. We're conscious of who can score the ball on the other team. We take that as a personal challenge.
certain challenge defensive game goals hard hold night reach study teams trying
We're just trying to hold teams under a certain percentage. It's a challenge for us and we take it out there every game. We study film, we have goals we set before every game and we try to reach those goals. We do reach those goals. As a team, we go out there and play hard every night on the defensive end.
coach communication defensive great scheme team wants
That comes with that communication and the defensive scheme we've been working on all year. It's just been great team defense. If we communicate and do the things coach wants us to do, we win.
asks clicking coach continue defense defensive great grow learn level offense percent win
I'd say we are at about 80 percent right now. I still think there's a level or two that we can still reach, especially on the defensive end. Our offense has already been clicking and doing a great job. We showed that during the win (13-game winning) streak. Our defense is improved. We just have to continue to grow and learn each other and do what coach asks us to do.
doubted great playing
We're going to be doubted when we come back like we've been doubted the whole year. We just have to know when we come back, we have to keep playing great basketball.
bad feeling good gym taste tomorrow
It wouldn't have been a good feeling because we wouldn't be able to get into the gym tomorrow and get that bad taste out of our mouths.
chance defense everybody great guard hell job team
We did a great job with our team defense on him. Everybody who had a chance to guard him did a hell of a job.
advantage ball defense great hands last played playing team tired winning
We wanted to keep the ball out of his hands as much as possible. Through this whole winning streak, we've been playing great team defense. The last two times we played the Lakers, we didn't play great defense and let them take advantage of it. We got tired of it.
community country home needs
My community needs me a lot more than the country right now. I'm going home to do that for the kids.
We need to improve. We need to get better.
best confident defense played
I don't think we're in their heads. But we're real confident right now. We haven't played our best defense yet, but it's coming.
attention basketball great hopefully ourselves pay playing playoffs trying
I don't even pay attention to that any more. We're just going into the playoffs trying to get ourselves better. We want to keep playing great basketball like we've been doing and hopefully end up playing in June.
advantage defense great last played playing team tired winning
Through this whole winning streak, we've been playing great team defense. The last two times we played the Lakers, we didn't play great defense and let them take advantage of it. We got tired of it.
bring coming drive energy needed
With Damp coming in, he's bring a lot more energy. That's what we needed from him. I think that's going to get him his drive back.