Mike Fratello
Mike Fratello
Michael Robert "Mike" Fratellois an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Currently, Fratello is the analyst for Brooklyn Nets broadcasts on the YES Network and for nationally televised games on TNT. He previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA, served as NBC's lead analyst, and was also the head coach of the Ukraine national basketball team...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 February 1947
CityHackensack, NJ
might
I thought it might have been a violation. But I'm not an official.
against ball fair rebound size terrible truth
We just didn't rebound the ball for the whole series, but that's not even fair to say because we were terrible all year. It is what it is. We just don't rebound. Up against that team, the size they have and the way they go after the ball, the truth comes out.
ball beat dribble energy matter needed passing
We tightened up a bit. We needed to get our own energy up. It was a matter of passing the ball and not getting beat off the dribble as much as we had.
open shots transition
We had open shots and we didn't make the shots that we made in the first half. They got in transition and we had some turnovers.
load secret shots team
I don't think it's any secret that we're a different team when we make shots. We have to make shots on the perimeter when they load up on Pau down low.
found game lose win
Philadelphia found a way to win the game when (Iverson) went out, and we found a way to lose it.
dribble focused keeping parker stop
We focused on keeping Parker away from the rim, but we couldn't stop his dribble penetration. He did the same stuff, and he was very good.
answered awhile eddie fourth hoops hot
We just executed a lot better than we did in the opener. Eddie (Jones) was hot for awhile and Pau answered some big hoops when we had to have them in the fourth quarter.
ball found rode
We rode (Miller) tonight. He was superb out there. We found him, got him the ball and he was magnificent.
basketball best clean concentration heavy lives opportunity personal
We thought it was the best thing for us to do. Let them have the opportunity to get back home, straighten out their personal lives if there is anything that has to be done and get them away from the heavy concentration on basketball so they can come back with a clean slate.
We just have to see how long it takes.
guard line
We didn't guard him (Davis), we just fouled him is what we did. We put him on the line 20 times.
beat came david defended five fourth game offensive quarter seven third turned
We came back in the third quarter and defended well, and made some shots. In the fourth quarter, they came back to beat us having seven offensive rebounds, I think five of them by David West, which turned the game around.
discomfort
It is what it is. There was some discomfort there, so I'm concerned.