Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes
Matt Kelly Barnesis an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. Barnes was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by Memphis...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 March 1980
CitySanta Clara, CA
brought carried chance confidence defense game good handle last points talked
We just talked a little bit. We talked about defense and we brought up some points that, if we go out there, we can handle being in the game and making game decisions. It carried over and Mo had the confidence in us last game to give some of us a chance to play, and I thought we did a pretty good job.
game points seven six talking
I've been talking all year, we've got to find away when we're up six or seven points up to put the game away, but we couldn't do that.
both defense game great played teams
Both teams played great defense tonight. This was a game that went back and forth.
easy forced guy half led quick second transition
The second half we got out to a pretty quick start. We forced some turnovers and really clasped on their big guy and that got us some easy buckets and led to some transition points.
against charges
There won't be any charges against the driver.
great heavy kids people plays prouder team though walker
Even though I'm on the other end of it right now, when kids make plays like that it's just special. It's awesome. Walker is a great player. They're a great team and a great program. We were heavy underdogs, but I think we showed people we can play. I couldn't be prouder of the kids.
couple innings kept putting seeing
Every couple of innings they kept putting in a new pitcher, so we were seeing something different.
bit
We get a little bit of everything here.
anytime grinding hold played points proud seconds team win
I was so proud of the way we played defensively. Anytime you hold a team to 28 points you should win the game. You shouldn't be grinding it out with two seconds to go.
feels good move state ways won
Olympus has never won a state championship in 50-some-odd years, and we're still a ways from that, but it just feels good to move on.
base beach looked next pitch size took
The pitch before (the base hit) I took it. The next pitch looked like the size of a beach ball.
battling character coming effort heavy kept kids kinda knew shot underdogs
What an effort by my kids. These kids kept battling and battling. We had a chance. We kinda showed what Olympus is all about. We've got a lot of character and heart. O We knew we were heavy underdogs coming in. We were under the radar, and we were one shot away from going to the championship.
came chance hurt last lead whereas year
This year we came back late, whereas last year we had the lead and they (the Knights) came back on us. We've been close, but that makes it hurt even more. I'd just like to have a chance to win.
bottom finding found great line struggle
It's all about winning. Sometimes you play great and win, sometimes you struggle and win, and sometimes you play great and lose. The bottom line is finding a way to win, and we found a way to win.