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
against close couple far free games gone good hat kids road tip tonight
We have had a couple good road wins, but this is by far the best. Our young kids did it tonight and you need to tip your hat to them. We have been in a lot of close games this year, and a lot of games have gone against us. Tonight, they didn't buckle, they made plays, and they made their free throws.
defend figure improve mediocre rebound teams time until
Until we figure out that we're not going to outscore teams all the time and that we'll have to defend and rebound before we think about scoring, we're going to be a mediocre team. That's something we're going to have to improve on this summer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
game hard played playing
They (the Hawks) are playing hard and we've been in every game we've played this year.
across chance couple effort fun games guys josh missed needed playing plays smith stepped team
The young guys stepped up. Josh Smith made two big shots. He missed a couple and then he stepped up and made the big plays when we needed them. It was a team effort all the way across the board. It's fun playing games like this when you have a chance to win.
job nice playing team win
They got the job done, and that's the nice thing about our team now. They're playing, they get down, and they don't think they're down. They're playing to win and that's what it's all about.
anyone behavior everywhere floor good locker standard teammate tolerate uphold
There's a standard of behavior in the locker room, on the floor and everywhere else that I think you have to uphold as a good teammate that just isn't there. I'm not going to tolerate it. Not from Salim or anyone else on this team.
together unit
You would think that when you put something together as a unit and an organization that something like this would never happen,
breakfast guys jason meeting morning prepare running shut tape
This morning at our breakfast meeting we put on the tape and here's Jason running up and down the floor. I told them to shut it off. I didn't want to show the guys that tape. We just had to prepare in other ways.
bottom fight fighting fights-and-fighting josh line mad
The bottom line is that I'm going to fight for my team. They're fighting for me, I'm going to fight for them. I don't know what Josh did for his technical. He was mad because he fouled out of the game. He didn't say anything to the official.