Lamar Odom
Lamar Odom
Lamar Joseph Odom is an American retired professional basketball player. As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association, he won NBA championships in 2009 and 2010 and was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2011...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 November 1979
CityNew York City, NY
everybody guys high percentage stopping threw
We just threw everybody at (Pierce). If you put two guys on him, you have a high percentage of stopping him.
aggressive good mind time
The time off was good for the mind and body. I was just more aggressive tonight.
biting defensive quarter team third
The third quarter is really biting us in the butt. It's a team defensive thing we've just got to fix.
gaining game half home playoff second ship towards
So now that we go back home we've got to find a way to keep our ship afloat. In the second half of the season, every game is going to be towards gaining some playoff position.
aggressive ball finish great job love protecting throw trying underneath
That was a great move. He's real athletic, so you can just throw the ball by the rim and he'll go up and finish it. We're trying to find him. He's real aggressive underneath the basket. He's protecting our paint, and we love the job that he's doing.
aggressive easy free needed shots stay throw
We needed this game, so I just wanted to stay aggressive around the boards, find the basket, get some easy shots and go to the free throw line.
lift light relax steak
We get to have a light practice, lift a little weights, have a steak and relax a little bit.
played
We played poorly. That's just what you expect.
defensive game point worst
We've got to make every game a defensive game. ... When you play the worst defensive game of the year, you get beat. Point blank.
goes history loved playing rock somebody son traveling watching
I got home, and my son told me how much he loved watching Kobe. We're playing with somebody who's making history as he goes along. It's like traveling with a rock star.
game last
This should be a confidence-booster for our team, especially after the game last night.
bad beat good lose
When you play good defense, you give yourself opportunities to beat teams. When you play bad defense, you give yourself opportunities to lose to any team.
best offensive
Without our best offensive player, we've got to play better defense.
happen
We're over it. Everybody's over it in this organization. (Nuggets fans) should have been over it. (It) didn't happen to them. I don't know why they take it so personally.