Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáezis a Spanish professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He is a six-time NBA All-Star, and a four-time All-NBA selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. He has won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, one of only two non-American NBA players to win that award. He is the...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 July 1980
CityBarcelona, Spain
CountrySpain
We need to show everyone that we're a team people should respect and be afraid of.
We believe in ourselves. We believe that winning the third game changes the whole thing. We're so anxious to win that first game, and everybody keeps reminding you of the record that it's hard to get rid of. But I don't think it's much of what (Dallas) did. It's more about what we didn't do well enough to hang in there and have a chance to win.
It's the usual thing with him. He likes to run his mouth. I said something back and he went crazy. That's fine.
You think about it. We thought about it before the game, but not while you are playing. They beat us the first two here. Now we get hope to get them at home.
It's better. I just needed a few days of rest. A lot of things were bothering me. My knees and my foot started hurting (April 15) in Houston. It's gone away. I haven't felt it, and that's what we were looking for.
It wasn't anything. I shot the ball (poorly) tonight. I wasn't shooting the ball well. Ruben tried to front me. Tried to front me and not allow me to get the ball. Reggie was on me. Marcus was on me. They all tried to guard me.
I've got to be a little more aggressive, bring it from the beginning. We can't afford to have a first half like we did the first game.
It's hard to tell what happened with coach Brown,
It's hard to play them when they're shooting the ball with that confidence. They did a good job running the ball and running 1,000 pick-and-rolls and they made their shots.
It's hard to overcome mentally when you are down 3-0 and they make a run. They get comfortable when they get in a lead, and it's hard for us to come back and make a run.
It's hard to overcome mentally when you are down 3-0 and they make a run.
It's been a mad ending to the game.
I took it hard to the rim. I knew I had enough time to make a move or even change directions if I had to. I made a tough shot and we got a great win here.
It was good the way we shared the ball tonight and made shots.