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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.