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...
happened seeing
Never. Especially seeing what's happened to us all season.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
beat great ranked since time
It's a big win, it's a great feeling. It's the first time since I've been here that we beat a ranked team.
fight game handing hard instead poise smart taking talented team
We're right there to play with every team in the conference. We're talented enough, we fight hard enough. At the end of games, we don't play as smart as we need to and with as much poise and confidence, taking the game instead of handing it away.
carried excellent fights-and-fighting job shooting
We were just going to keep fighting. Chamberlain did an excellent job of doing what he does best, shooting the ball. He carried us and put us over the top.