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
lose losing rather thinking tonight
Tonight was one night I was thinking about that rather than just thinking about the play. Losing (six) in a row, you just want to come down and get a win. Really, mentally, I was thinking if we lose this one, that's a killer.
five games last loved six teams understand
I loved to be prepared. I love to go in there and understand what we are doing defensively, offensively. I like to know what the other teams have been doing the last five or six games. Going into games I didn't know.
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.
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.
aware great intensity pick starting team
It was great team defense. Everybody's alert, aware and ready. We're starting to pick up our intensity defensively.
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.
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.
fourth matter stopping third
It was a matter of stopping them and making them go to their third of fourth option.
energy intensity less shoot
We have to find a way to shoot better at home. We have to have more intensity and more energy and less mistakes.
needed stops
We got stops when we needed them. It wasn't always pretty, but we'll take it for sure.
half injuries record season shows
The record is still going to look lousy. But it shows without all the injuries what the record could be, what the first half of the season could have been.
driving guys knew taking
We always knew he could shoot. Now he's driving to the basket, taking guys off the dribble.
anywhere shoot time
Every time down, you know they're going to them. When they get it going, they can pretty much shoot from anywhere on the court.