Mike Thibault
Mike Thibault
Mike Francis Thibaultis an American basketball head coach, formerly of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA, and now of that league's Washington Mystics...
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When we went down there that, as a U.S. basketball player, you're kind of like a rock star off the court, but the minute you step on the court you are the most hated opponent that there is. Everybody measures their progress in international basketball by how they do against the U.S. That's a constant pressure every time you step onto the court.
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We're obviously excited to get that done. She's been a huge part of what we've done. That's a major step for us to get our pieces put together to keep the core of the team.
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I'm proud of our two point guards for stepping up. Jen and Jamie did a terrific job of pushing the ball of the floor and they did a great job defensively. We had a lot of people step up and make some shots.
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I'm proud of our two point guards for stepping up. Jen and Jamie did a great job tonight pushing the ball up the floor and did a great job defensively.
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I'm more impressed with some of the defensive plays we made, steals, tips in the lane, rebounds in traffic. I thought they all stepped up and did that.
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We just had a toast to doing what we did, ... When we made the playoffs, we didn't make a big deal about it, but winning the Eastern Conference with a couple weeks to go is a great accomplishment.
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The second half we rebounded better, took care of the ball better. Taj and Nykesha came up with huge plays down the stretch.
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People forget that it took the NBA over 20 years to reach this (point),
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We had some advantages we refused to take advantage of. I just don't think we played very smart. The emotional difference was just being mad at how we were playing.
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So that's it, as simple as I can put it.
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Well, we go to the gym tomorrow, ... we get a little stretch and get a little shooting in and we'll try not to turn it over by ourselves. Then we're just getting ready for Tuesday's game.
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My biggest relief was when I found out it wasn't a torn ligament. Not that the other injury is better, but a ligament injury is a long injury. I was a little bit afraid that we were in that realm.
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It drives coaches crazy because there's no predicting that stuff, ... That's why I have no hair. ... This is a nice win, but it's one win.
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I subbed early to keep everybody fresh and we got our legs back and played with a little more bounce. About a week ago we looked tired, but tonight we had energy the whole time. I was very happy with how we played. It was fun to watch.