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
came fourth quarters responsibility third
We were embarrassed in the first half. I've got to take responsibility for our play in the first half. It was awful, unacceptable. We came back in the third and fourth quarters and competed.
coming fell figure guys joe johnson legitimate seven tank third williams
We were down seven coming back after the half, and Marvin Williams and Joe Johnson hadn't sniffed a lick. You figure if you got those two guys going we've got a legitimate shot, but we just fell in the tank in the third quarter.
adequate allen caught contain defense fourth game hope solid stop third
I thought we just defended. You're not going to stop Allen Iverson. Webber had a big game as well. All you can do is try to contain them and hope for the best. I thought we did an adequate job. I thought our defense was solid in the third and fourth (quarter). Once we caught up, it was back and forth.
beat came far fourth quarters third ways
I think we were embarrassed in that first half. They outplayed us in every way. They beat us in all ways that you could. We came out and competed in the third and fourth quarters but were just too far down.
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.
best hit player third tough
It's tough when your best player can't hit shots. And then we tanked in the third quarter.
challenge chance coach fourth games high league meet ourselves playing quarters question team third wants
There's no question every team in the league wants to be like the Pistons. They are playing at an all-time high and they're playing for a purpose. We didn't meet the challenge in the second, third and fourth quarters and that kind of disappointed me. I don't like to coach games like this where we don't give ourselves a chance to win.
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,
games
We were in games like this all year. We never quit.
chris eventually guard minutes numbers played plays point therefore totally
You can't compare. Because Chris is a point guard and Marvin is a 3, sometimes he plays 4. They're totally different games. Chris has played a lot more minutes than Marvin has played, so therefore his numbers are a lot better than what Marvin's are. Eventually Marvin's numbers will go the other way.
fun sitting tv watching
This thing of sitting here watching it on TV is not fun for me.
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.