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
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.
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.
admire grueling hard season
It's been a grueling season for them, and I admire how hard they are still playing.
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.
glad happy hard playing three
I'm happy we bounced back from three (straight) losses. You have to be glad about playing hard before the playoffs. This is what it's all about.
came guys hard knew last played ready realize york
The guys were tuned in. We knew we had to be ready for them from the beginning. ... These guys don't forget. They realize New York came out and played us hard the last time.
defensive dominated nine
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.
defensive
We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns.
eddie helped hot hung needed plays
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.
defensive executing minutes playoffs practice showing tried work
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.
basketball good playing playoff possible series start
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.
eddie last
Eddie was right on him on the last shot. He made it, and there's not much you can do.
focusing score shown teams
Teams are focusing on him. And Pau has shown he can do more than score the ball.
factor forcing good helped job lead open second
We did a good job of forcing turnovers and that was a big factor in the game. That helped us open a lead in the second quarter.