Raja Bell
Raja Bell
Raja Bellis an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He was twice named to the NBA All-Defensive Team in his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 September 1976
CitySaint Croix, VI
afraid takes
It's like they had us on our heels. That takes us away from everything we want to do. We can't be afraid to lose.
cool funny good guard hear respect somebody thinks tough
It was funny. You know, Manu's a competitor, and I do a good job, I'd like to say, on him, but he's a tough guard for me. So it's just a respect level. It's cool to hear somebody thinks you're that way, especially being the All-Star that he is, so it was flattering.
against critical game good irrelevant people praised shoot start team watch
It was critical for us to get off to a good start against a team that was a little undermanned. I shoot the ball. ... People who know and watch the game know what you can do. If you get praised for it or not, it is irrelevant for me.
attack beat decided game guess time win
It was embarrassing. We were getting beat pretty good. I had been struggling. I guess I had been moping a little. I just decided I wasn't going to do it anymore. . . . At this time of year, it's about being in attack mode. Win or lose, make or miss, you have to be on the attack. We have to be like that in Game 3.
building fans fun
It's a fun building to play in. They've got some really rowdy fans and its one of America's teams.
deep front frustrated pulling shots taking time tried
I tried to front him so a lot of time they'd go away from him. That frustrated him and got him taking the shots we wanted him to take - deep threes and pulling up from 25 feet.
coming execute focal game needed people point tonight
We needed a game like that. We haven't been able to keep people down when we've had them down. It was a focal point coming out tonight and we were able to execute it.
clicking dangerous everybody firing flying lock slow
When we are clicking and we have everybody firing we are a more dangerous team. When they can lock down on one guy, we kind of slow down, but when we are flying and everyone is contributing, that is when we are at our best.
across board deal tough
When we get productivity across the board like that, we're pretty tough to deal with.
best came defense eddie locked quarters second seen team third
We are a team of spurts. Eddie really came in and got us going in the second quarter. We really locked down on defense in the third quarter. I thought that was one of the best quarters of defense I've seen this team play all year.
against early easy establish good guard knew ourselves sure understood
We understood that we had to come out and establish ourselves early and make sure they knew we were here to play. It's easy to let down going into the All-Star break, but we wanted to guard against that, and we did a good job.
credit emotions somebody thrived
I thrived on not getting any kind of credit so to speak. For somebody to give it to you, you don't really know how to react. That's the way it is. My emotions are mixed.
game kept men might pace pushed pushing rendered
We were able to keep the game at a pace that that rendered Yao and their other big men. If we hadn't pushed the pace, it might have been a different story, but we kept pushing and made them miss.
fast guard guys hard helps high last played since tempo time
That tempo was as high and fast as we've been since the last time we played them. That tempo helps us. It's hard to guard guys when they're in transition. We weren't able to do it either.