Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler
Rasual Butleris an American professional basketball player who last played for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He has previously played for the Miami Heat, New Orleans Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers, Washington Wizards and San Antonio Spurs. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in the Point Breeze area of South Philadelphia...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 May 1979
CityPhiladelphia, PA
defend players
I want be someone that they know will defend them, ... They're all one-on-one players who come at you every night.
crowd definitely great support
We had great crowd support. I think that it definitely had something to do with it.
felt help left team
It felt really good. It's something that I'll think about - that I was able to help this team get one (victory) before we left this city.
against coach continue days drives good job last open worked
I didn't do a good job against Denver. So the last two days I worked on my stroke. Coach (Byron Scott) told me to continue to take my shots. I had a lot of open 3-pointers and some open drives to the basket.
crowd crowds loud loudest
With that loud crowd out there, I think we're going to have one of the loudest crowds in the NBA, if not the loudest.
coming crashed fighting fights-and-fighting hard high left riding scratched since victory wins
We were riding high and then the thing crashed on us a little bit. We've been fighting ever since and because we were working so hard to get these wins and coming up short, it was devastating. But ... we've still got a lot of fight left in us and we scratched and clawed our way to a victory tonight.
fans great louisiana people support time tragedy
We have great fans here in Oklahoma. It's unfortunate that Louisiana had such a tragedy that people don't really have the time to come out and support entertainment.
people places
It's much different than being in Miami. There's not too many places you can go where people don't know who you are.
ball both character playoff toughness trying
It showed a lot of resilience, we showed toughness tonight. We showed a lot of character. Both our ball handlers were out tonight. ... I think it showed we have a lot of character on this team. We're trying to make a playoff push.
attention basketball coach david early easy game guys lets pay system talk tapes trying watch
It's a new system for me, and I'm trying to go out there and make plays, ... Some days, I come in early to watch game tapes or talk to guys like P.J. Brown, Nachbar and David West, so they can give me some pointers about the offense. Coach Scott makes it easy for you because he lets you play your game. I'm trying to pay attention to everything.
bit bumps crowd feed gives goose home jump run
When we are at home and the crowd is going, we run just a little bit faster, jump a little bit higher. This crowd was so electrifying, it gives you goose bumps at times and as a young team, we feed off that.
absolutely feels good prove scratch though understand victories
We understand we have to scratch and claw our way to every one of these victories down the stretch. It feels real good to know that we're still in the hunt. We feel we're absolutely a playoff-caliber team, even though we're a young team. And we know we have to go out there and prove that.
believe definitely needed win
We definitely wanted to the win for this city. But we also needed to end this streak. We really believe we can make the playoffs.
david good luckily rhythm saw shooter swung west
They had to rotate to David West because he is such a good shooter from 17 feet. But once they rotated, he saw me and swung it to me in rhythm and luckily for us, I was ... able to make the shot.