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
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.
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.
beat bench boards came david defended fourth game huge impact quarter third turned west
Their bench had a huge impact in the first half, but we came back in the third quarter and defended well and made some shots. In the fourth quarter, David West beat us on the boards and that turned the game around.
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).
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.
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.
happy kept
I was happy with the way we kept our concentration.
began came effort giving good jersey looks offense played third time tough
I thought New Jersey was very good. They were very good in the first half, and we began giving effort in the third quarter. They did everything well. On offense they executed. On offense we had a tough time getting good looks at the basket, and making shots. They were very well prepared, and they came out and played very well.
ball best cut hard pass shots space taking
I thought it was a little of both. It was us taking shots that weren't the best shots. We didn't pass the ball and cut hard and space the floor.
might
I thought it might have been a violation. But I'm not an official.
create maintain opportunity position
We'd still like to maintain the opportunity to create a position that's advantageous.
catch caught easy energy level team
We caught L.A. on the end of a trip, and it's easy to catch a team with their energy level down.
ball became hard knew needed respect stops taking tough
We have a lot of respect for this team. We knew it was going to be a war. They play hard and unselfish. They make it tough for you. ... We got stops when we needed to and we became aggressive, taking the ball to the basket.