Malik Hairston
Malik Hairston
Malik Samory Hairstonis an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. A shooting guard-small forward from the University of Oregon's Ducks, he was chosen in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, who then traded him to the San Antonio Spurs. Hairston has also played with the San Antonio Spurs, the Austin Toros, Montepaschi Siena and Olimpia Milano of the Italian League, and Galatasaray of the Turkish League. He was born...
basketball good stretch team understand
I understand I've got to do a little more in the first half. But to be able to come through down the stretch for my basketball team is a good feeling.
bit coming good great knock looks loss
We didn't get too many great looks and then we got good looks and couldn't knock them down. That was a little bit of a loss of confidence, and a lot of things coming together.
basketball couple execute game good great inside past plan players tough
They're also a very tough basketball team. They have some great inside players and a very good perimeter game. So we'll just execute the game plan as we've done these past couple of games.
good great heart kid tough
He's a tough guy, but he's a kid at heart. He's good to be around, and I think he's a great teammate.
celebrate close feeling good
Honestly, it's about time. There's nothing to celebrate about, but it's a good feeling to close out a game.
basically defense game gotten run takes understanding work
We've gotten better every game defensively. We're understanding basically what it takes on defense and we've gotten in a lot better shape. We know we need to run with our man, (and) work with our man.
hard possibly
We have to play as hard as we possibly can.
group guys heart
I think this group of guys showed a lot of heart.
basketball battles bleeding family growing played
Growing up, my whole family played basketball, and we would have our battles in the backyard. There would be bleeding and crying.
happened seeing
Never. Especially seeing what's happened to us all season.
cal
No one thought we could even get this far. No one thought we could give Cal this much of a game.
aaron ball screen
The play was for a ball screen for Aaron on top.
few obviously seems subject tough
It's obviously a tough loss. It seems like we've been subject to a few of those.
conference goals ncaa opportunity reach season tournament ultimate worry
It's a new season and we can't worry about what we did in the conference season. We still have the opportunity to kind of reach our goals and get to the NCAA tournament which is our ultimate goal.