Michael Redd
Michael Redd
Michael Wesley Reddis an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2000 NBA draft. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He was also a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 August 1979
CityColumbus, OH
against average slap
To average 30 against Detroit, that's a slap in their face. They're not going to take that.
guys shut three whenever
Whenever I got the ball, I had two or three guys around me. They were really concentrating on me, to shut me down.
flaws hot knew offensive run
We knew that we had to get out and run tonight. But I don't know of any flaws that we had in our offensive game. Everyone got hot tonight.
beat blew fairly game half month months open played second team
We were re-evaluating ourselves, that's all. It was a disappointing loss. We beat this team about a month and a half ago, two months ago. ... We played them fairly well through the first half of the game and they blew it open in the second half too much.
bring chicago hard intensity knew match plays win
We knew we had to win this game. Chicago always plays us tough. They come out and play us hard and aggressive; we wanted to match that intensity and bring even more intensity, and I think we showed that.
happen learned refused
We learned from Friday. We refused to let that happen tonight.
free
Fifty-one? Are you serious? That's outrageous. Wow. That's a lot of free throws.
flowing
It's the whole thing. It's not flowing right now.
believe hard stop
It's one thing to believe, and it's another thing to actually do it. I can believe all day. But we've got to actually do it. We've got to play hard and try to stop their fast-break points.
gods position speaks year
It speaks a lot about our team. We've been up and down all year long, and to still be in a position to be fifth, the gods are with us.
speaks year
It speaks a lot about our team, because we've been up and down all year long.
finding help needed quite teammates tonight
That's something I needed tonight to help my confidence. I haven't had a night like that in quite a while. My teammates were finding me.
experience game hurts played stretch tough tougher
That's the frustrating thing. We've played them tough every game and just come up short. I think it's their championship experience and getting tougher down the stretch that hurts us.
against best fell game great short tried
It was my best game ever, and in a loss. I just tried my best and played, and we fell short against a great, great team.