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
allow both broke execution game number plays ran teams
The number of fouls by both teams didn't allow the game to have much of a flow. It broke up runs. ... But then our execution got much better. We ran plays better.
advantage last time won
It's only an advantage for us if we win. Last time I checked, they won their last game, didn't they?
aggressive ball became free half hang line second shot taking throw
It was a big shot by Eddie. We became more aggressive in the second half taking the ball to the basket. As a result, we got to the free throw line and made enough of them to hang on and get the win.
lasted nice
It's nice to know I've lasted that long. And hopefully, we'll be around a lot longer.
admire grueling hard season
It's been a grueling season for them, and I admire how hard they are still playing.
both davis game last lost pierce taking talk year
It was going to be Pierce or Davis. It's not like we didn't talk about both of them. We lost the game here last year with Davis taking the last shot.
affect character point proud says
It says a lot about the character of the individuals. They never let the different (adversity) affect them to the point where they got splintered off. I'm proud of what they did.
bad cut except good job lead minnesota quarter stretch tonight
We've been in a stretch where we would have one good quarter and then one bad quarter. Except for one stretch where Minnesota cut the lead in the fourth, I thought we did a much better job tonight than we've been doing lately.
affect based beneficial depend guys injuries minutes older player rest
We've got guys that will (get rest) based on how much their injuries affect them. The older the player the more beneficial rest can be. Or, it can depend on how many minutes the player's logged.
team
We are a different team when we make shots.
advantage fight position record rewarded team third
We're in a fight for position right now. You get rewarded for winning. We can still get home-court advantage with a better record than the third place team (Denver).
rich teams tradition
We don't have the rich tradition that some other teams have.
deep nice talented
They're a deep team, a very talented team. It's nice to have that kind of personnel.
bigger deserved great harder missing played three worked
They're missing three starters, and they played a great game. They played bigger than we did. They worked harder than we did. They deserved to win. They executed better.