Rafer Alston
Rafer Alston
Rafer Jamel Alstonis an American retired professional basketball player. He played for six NBA teams throughout his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1976
CityNew York City, NY
chance coach confusing crazy driving game
That's the confusing part of us. We're driving coach crazy with that. We had a chance to put that game away at a lot of points.
fourth matter stopping third
It was a matter of stopping them and making them go to their third of fourth option.
teams
It was nothing that other teams did to us. It was a lot of what we did to ourselves.
four great lose sudden won
Oh, it's real tough. We were making some great strides, and we had won four in a row, and then all of a sudden we lose two of our players.
clinic knowing minutes night run watch
It's sickening to watch it. It's sickening to be a part of it, knowing you're out there for big minutes and you're having to get a clinic run on you out there night in, night out.
anybody basketball beat care continue david given help quality rebound tough tracy
It's going to be tough without Tracy (McGrady ) and David (Wesley ). If we continue to play the way we've been playing, we can beat anybody on any given night. If we help each other defensively, rebound the basketball and take care of the basketball, get quality shots, we can beat anybody.
good mind playing playoff rather teams
It's good to play teams like that. We'd rather be playing for a playoff spot, but I wouldn't mind being a spoiler.
check gut
It's going to be a gut check to see what we're made of.
courage cracked guys keeps pack pride shows
It shows how much he cares, how much pride and courage he has. A lot of guys would say, 'I have a cracked rib,' and pack it in. He keeps going out there.
giving guys letting tough whatever
It's tough, but I think we're making it tough on ourselves. We're giving up fast-break points, we're letting guys do whatever they want to do on the floor.
guy hard hurts late playing
That hurts not only him as a player, it hurts us as a team. And it hurts me to see another guy go down, especially him with how well he's been playing and how hard he's worked. To see him go down late in the year, that hurts a lot.
ball drawing knock open passing shots
We're going to go to Yao and go to Yao and go to Yao. We have to knock down open shots when Yao is drawing double-teams and triple-teams and he's passing the ball out. We have to find a way to knock down open shots for him.
ball continuing create double game giving keeping letting played shots sticking team turn
It comes down to sticking with our game plan, not getting away from the things we know we need to ? that's continuing to find Yao, and keeping our turnovers down. When we turn the ball over and we're not getting the ball to Yao, letting him create shots for us as they double team and if they don't double, letting him score, we're just giving away the game. We were right there. We should have played the game the same way we did in the (first) half.
again deal defensive help offensive since support tonight
Yao once again tonight was hitting, doing his deal for us, like he has been since the All-Star break. We've got to give him a little more help and support on the offensive end and the defensive end.