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
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Philadelphia found a way to win the game when (Iverson) went out, and we found a way to lose it.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm proud of the efforts from our guys. They hung in there and the group that was on the floor to finish the game did a really good job for us. I'm really happy for Brian. He made huge shots for us.
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The game was determined in the second quarter. We had a 19-point lead then we had some critical turnovers that gave them energy.
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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.
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We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns. We had nine assists in the game, and that's not good. They really dominated the series.
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We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns.
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We hung on down the stretch. We were able to make big plays. Eddie got hot in one stretch, and Chucky and Pau made plays that helped us get a much needed win.
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I've tried to keep practice to 40 or 45 minutes and work on one or two things. It's showing in our defensive effort. I'd just like for us to go into the playoffs executing well.
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It would be good for us to try and keep playing good basketball and see if it is possible for us to start out a playoff series at home. That would be very significant.
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Eddie was right on him on the last shot. He made it, and there's not much you can do.
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Teams are focusing on him. And Pau has shown he can do more than score the ball.