Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Adam Frank is an American professional basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Nets, and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 August 1970
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This is how we play. When we play at a high level it starts on the defensive end. As a result you are able to get some easy baskets.
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We had 10 straight empty possessions. We missed a ton of open shots, and that puts a ton of pressure on the defense. It was a combination of their No. 1 scoring defense and us missing a lot of uncontested shots.
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We're just playing at a much different level now, we're much more secure with who we are. We're in a much different state, where we don't exhale. We belong. We're a damn good team.
starting
We're starting to see what we need to do to win.
healthy opponent ready trying whoever
We're just trying to get healthy so that whoever our first-round opponent is we're ready to roll.
players team
There are no excuses. We've got enough players on our team to play better than that.
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Outstanding would be an understatement. Vince Carter took us on his shoulder and did a phenomenal job.
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I think this win shows our mental toughness, because it's mind over matter. You have Jason Kidd who played 46 minutes last night, and then plays 40 tonight. This is something our guys can look back on and is a good experience for this team. Denver is one of the best homecourt teams in the league. Things worked for us. We got fortunate that Carmelo got hurt.
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I think morale-wise it's big. More guys were involved, helps probably more people feel good about themselves.
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It hasn't been since the (All-Star) break where we were able to come out and do what we did to make it 8-0, and it started on the defensive end. We played really good defense in the first half, forcing them to shoot some shots with just three or four seconds left on the shot clock.
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That was a good win against a divisional rival on the road.
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Jermaine was huge and played at a very high level and hurt us in a couple of different ways, especially getting on the free throw line and being effective in the post.
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Jason makes this whole thing work. You take him out of the equation, it's a totally different view. He's an unbelievable leader who imposes his will on the game.
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Jason is a selfless guy, he makes everything work around here. That's what he's all about. He's the straw that stirred the drink from Day 1, and he will continue to do it.