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
fans game reward
You'd like to reward your fans with a little better performance, but we lost. Fortunately, this was Game 1 of 82.
balance either game lost numerous officials reason team
We had numerous opportunities. The game was in the balance for either team to take, so we are not going to look at the officials for the reason we lost the game.
games hard percent shoot shoots team three win
It's hard to win games when a team shoots 62 percent from three and you shoot 37 percent overall.
fresh game huge living mental moment starting team test toughness true
This game was a huge test of will. The mental toughness that we showed in the overtime, of starting fresh and living in the moment was unbelievable -- a true team win.
follow forbid game god people shot special time
People who follow us every day know how special Vince is. God forbid he has a game where he doesn't make every shot he takes. He delivers time and time again. He's a special player.
careful course game resort
I think you have to be careful of doing something you don't do a whole lot. It is important that every game you give him a different look, you come from a different place, you try to keep him a little off-balance ... but over the course of a 48-minute game, you are going to resort to who you have been.
delivered forbid game god guy hit shot special time trust turned
God forbid the guy doesn't have a game when he doesn't hit every shot he takes. He's a special, special guy. He's turned around this franchise. We have unbelievable trust in him. He's delivered time and time again.
cliff game gave lift took
Cliff really gave us a big lift off the bench. He and Vince really took over the game with their pick-and-roll plays.
educated extremely game great guy
The guy has been in great gyms. He is extremely well educated in the game of basketball.
defense empty missed missing open pressure puts scoring straight ton
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.
damn good level playing secure
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.