Mike Woodson
Mike Woodson
Michael Dean "Mike" Woodsonis a former American basketball player and coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 March 1958
CityIndianapolis, IN
ball chase dirty floor glass guys hits loose scoop screens
But I need that from all those guys. We need our big guys to do the dirty work, to set screens and chase down loose balls. I need to know that if my big guys are around and a ball hits the glass or the floor that they're going scoop it up.
careful matters possible ready risk sure track wearing worse
But I can't risk making matters worse by wearing him out right now. We'll be as careful as possible while making sure we get him back on track and ready for the season.
came complacent difference fourth good key move moving quarter resulted shots third
In the third quarter, everything was smooth. We were moving the basketball. We got good shots and we came out of the quarter up by six. Then in the fourth quarter, we got complacent and wouldn't move the basketball, and that resulted in some key turnovers that they capitalized on. That was the difference in the game.
figure growing handling looks nice player plays shot starting trying
He's starting to figure it out. It's nice to see. His shot looks like a shot right now, and he's making it. He's handling the ball, making plays and he's trying to defend. It's all a part of growing up and being a better player in this league.
everybody fact players realize shocked terms versatile
I didn't realize how versatile he really is. Everybody was shocked by the triple-double. I wasn't shocked because I think the fact he can rebound, score, defend, have assists, he does everything a person can do in terms of getting triple-doubles. You can't say that about a lot of players in the league.
calls driving guys hands
To me, that's it in a nutshell. He doesn't get any calls . When he's driving to the basket, guys have their hands all over him, and there's nothing called. It doesn't make sense.
great learn locker team
We just have to learn from this, because that's a great team over in that locker room.
game second trim
We had 22 turnovers in our first game and 17 in our second and we have to trim that back to 15 or 13,
character coming created found fourth guys number overcome problems step tremendous
We showed a lot of character coming back from 12 down. I thought Iverson was tremendous tonight. He created so many problems for us, but I like that we found a way to overcome that and get the win. We had a number of guys step up in the fourth quarter.
few guys harder hate last mostly next work year
There are a lot of guys who are probably going to hate me in the next few weeks, ... Mostly because we're going to work harder than these guys ever have. We're going to work 10 times harder than we did last year because we know we have that much more work to do.
chance fighting forget kept low moments move win
We had some low moments when we got down but we kept fighting and had a chance at the end to win it or at least go into overtime. You just have to forget about it and move on.
defended last needed proper sets stop until
We defended it right up until the end. I think we made proper switches on their last sets and we were able to get the stop when we needed it.
cherish close moment people stay teach team together usual
Times like these teach us to cherish every moment we have and be more appreciative of the people in our lives. That's why I think it's important for our team to stay close together right now. We need to huddle around each other a little more than usual right now.
advantage aggressive attempted free took
We were aggressive tonight. When we got into the paint, we took advantage of it. We attempted 49 free throws, that's a season-high for us.