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
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.
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That takes some wind out of your sails when you have a game in your hand. I've been on the other side of that. You're on a five-game losing streak. You can taste it. You're right there and you let it slip. We knew if we came out and got a couple stops (in overtime) that we had a chance to put a dagger in them.
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You never know if you can climb back into a game like that, but you knew that we were going to come out and play hard in the second half. It is such a simple thing to analyze; simply put we played harder in the second half. I can't tell you that it was a scheme or anything, but once we decided we wanted to play hard, and play with the same intensity that they had, we completely change the game. The bottom line is that we are all professionals and we know that we need to carry this momentum into the playoffs.
knew
If we lost, we knew we were going to go out swinging.
defense double kurt position post puts
We have to double the post now. When you have Kurt down there, you don't have to do that. It makes you have to rotate and puts you out of position on defense and for rebounds.
best home run
We withstood their run and we were able to counter. You always want to do your best at home.
game imposed speed
We imposed our will on the speed of the game which is what we need to do to win.
chris expected game slower work
We expected the game to be slower without him. We thought that they would try to work Chris Webber a little bit.
hit
It was there for the taking. Once I hit my first 3-pointer, everything started clicking.
defines game games wants win
Sometimes in games, there's a play that kind of defines who wants to win the game more.
beating bit hot pacific send teams
Beating two really hot teams vying for the Pacific does send a bit of a statement.
stay
At that point, I've got to know who they were going to and just stay connected.
far green light lights
Do we have the green light here? As far as green lights go, it's about as green as you can get.
across everybody guys happens hard knocking moments
We had a lot of guys knocking down shots. That's what happens when you have productivity across the board. It's hard for one guy to go cold. Everybody is going to have their moments of being hot.