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
focusing score shown teams
Teams are focusing on him. And Pau has shown he can do more than score the ball.
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.
load secret shots team
I don't think it's any secret that we're a different team when we make shots. We have to make shots on the perimeter when they load up on Pau down low.
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.
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.
court home proud supposed teams win wins
That's what you're supposed to do, win games. I'm very proud of this team. They wanted 30 wins at home and they got it. Not many teams can say they had 30 wins on their home court this season.
badly felt help team
I feel badly that I didn't help our team enough down the stretch. I put Chucky in the corner, and he was set up to be trapped. It was my fault. I felt badly that I didn't help them out as well as I could.
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.