Leon Powe
Leon Powe
Leon Powe, Jr.is an American former professional basketball power forward. Drafted in 2006 by the Denver Nuggets, Powe grew up in Oakland, California, and played college basketball at the University of California, Berkeley. He played his first three years in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and won a championship with the team in 2008. From 2009 to 2011, Powe played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He also had a stint with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2011. After a stint in...
came game knew ordinary saying
Oh, this was a big game. We came here saying it was a big game, we knew that, but I just tell myself it's an ordinary game so I don't psych myself out.
came score team
If I score a lot of points, or if I don't, I just want my team to win. But we just came up short, and that's the only thing that matters.
came chance good home needed ordinary protect talking winning
We came here talking about how this was a big game, not an ordinary game. We needed this win. We were on our home floor. It's important to protect the home court. If you can do that, you have a good chance of winning a Pac-10 championship.
came
He came up to me and said, 'Stay in there, I'll get you the ball.' It was so I could go out there and do my thing.
committee good hopefully
I'm not a committee person, but I think we're good (for a spot). Hopefully we'll be in there.
everybody oregon played tired
I just went out and played. Everybody is going to be tired. Oregon was tired when they played us, and they still played hard. It's a tournament, you've got to play back-to-back-to-back.
candy enjoying kid looking store trying
I'm like a little kid in a candy store right now. This is all new to me. I'm just looking around, enjoying it, trying to have fun.
game good playing team
After that game we were down on ourselves. We let a team come in and get wide-open looks. That's not playing good defense.
allow
I'm not panicking anymore. Sometimes I even allow the double-team to happen.
correct free shooting throws
I had to correct that. I get too many free throws to be shooting like that.
difficult past tried weave
I like their young, big guys. They made it difficult for me. When I got the ball, I went past one. There was another one. Then I tried to weave through another one, and they were just right there.
finish finishing leave mom options plan whatever
I want to leave all of my options open. I plan on finishing school, too, so whatever happens, I'm going to finish my degree. That's what my mom would have wanted.
assure couple knew lost
I want to do some more, but 18-9, I think that's pretty cool. I think we're very close, if not in already. If we get a couple more wins, that'll just assure everything. ... I knew if we lost this (game), we probably weren't going to get in.
best defense goes good rules
That's a good team. What we have to do is play our defense and our rules and may the best team. That's just how it goes in the tournament.