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 wanted to jump on them quick because when you get hit first it's hard to jump back up. It'll be great if we're able to keep this up and go into the playoffs with this confidence we're playing with.
We came out in the second and played hard. We want to be in that playoff race and this game was crucial.
Fran Vazquez played a great game, Navarro was outstanding,
We are just not able to finish games right now. We are not playing the way we should down the stretch. It might be a confidence thing.
We didn't seem to feel comfortable. That was the feeling I had during the whole game. We couldn't get to our offense. We couldn't get to what we wanted out of the plays we ran. It really wasn't a consistent offense on our part. We were very sloppy.
They started doubling and we kind of stopped running plays for the post-ups. We kind of got lost a little bit. Especially in the second quarter, we got out of our game for a few minutes and that really cost us.
We have to be concerned a little bit, but at the same time we have to do a better job overall in playing with a little bit more hustle.
He's played more minutes today than in the previous three games, and it's difficult mentally to achieve that, but he's done it.
We're on a roll. The mentality of this team is very good. We just want to win every game and whoever we play in the playoffs is OK. We'll be ready mentally.
The last couple of years we thought we had a better chance going against San Antonio and going against Phoenix because we were 3-1 against them (in the regular season). We lost to both teams 4-0. The playoffs are different.
It was just a bad game. We were unable to win when we needed to. It was frustrating the way we started game. We weren't being aggressive. And we gave them life. We let them believe they could win and the crowd carried them. We have to start playing with a better effort.
The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.
Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.
When it comes to playoff time, I pull the energy and the motivation.