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
change course matter score threat whenever
Whenever we need some kind of big play to change the course of the game, we look for Crosby to do it. He's always a threat to score no matter where he has the ball.
against class gotten playing
I like playing against friends. I've gotten to know him really well over the years. He's a class guy.
call came change guy huge playing shook stepped zone
They'd been playing a zone the whole game, and they came out man, and I was going to change and call a different set, but we went with it and Nate stepped out there, shook the guy and made a huge shot.
final hold late run
They made a late run, and we got it back to two. We could have won, but they managed to make that final run to hold on.
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.
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.
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.
couple innings kept putting seeing
Every couple of innings they kept putting in a new pitcher, so we were seeing something different.
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.
against charges
There won't be any charges against the driver.
eclectic night
That's what we like about it. It's an eclectic lineup any night of the week.
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.
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.