Richie Adubato
Richie Adubato
Richard Adam "Richie" Adubatois a former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. He has served as head coach for three NBA teams: the Detroit Pistons, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Orlando Magic...
challenge dropped essential finish five games head home next san seven six starts win
We have to win these games at home, ... This is a very important homestand. We need to take the challenge head on. Five of our next six games are at home, and we have already dropped this one. Then we finish with five of seven on the road. It is essential that we get these games at home and that starts with San Antonio.
chose night team won wrong
The better team won tonight, ... We chose the wrong night to not play at our best.
best game held hot last offense putting sure
That is the best we've executed on offense all season, ... We were hot and putting down all of our shots. I wasn't sure where we'd be with this being the last game of a long trip, but we held on.
clutch proved
Tamika Catchings proved she is one of the best, ... She made the big, clutch plays.
behind game half puts york
We had this game in our hands, ... We could have been a half a game behind New York and that game puts us 2 1/2 back.
absolutely almost critical game games home overtime schedule win
We almost had them over there at their place and we got the overtime game here, ... But this one is really big because we're at home and because of our schedule down the stretch. It's absolutely critical that we win these games at home.
beat detroit game helps houston lost pick york
Tonight, Houston just beat Detroit by a buzzer and New York lost to Connecticut. That helps us because we pick a game up on each one of our competitors.
difficult finish game gave played season
This was a very difficult game for our players. We had to finish this season the way we played this season. We always gave it 110 percent.
believes build david league nba ok stern teams
Yes, there are some teams struggling, but the league will be OK as long as David Stern still believes in it, ... The play is much better than it was earlier. We're like the NBA was 20, 25 years ago. There is a foundation, and we need to build on it.
came close playoffs
We've had talks, ... I know that I would like to come back, especially after how close we came to making the playoffs this season.
almost deficit
Everything has to go right for you to come back from a deficit like that and it almost did,
great heart
Vickie made a great play. She has been making them for a long time. Her heart is big and she just makes big plays.
break defense execution familiar good helped offensive rotation schedule starting takes week
The break in the schedule a week ago helped us . . . to get our continuity, to get our defense together, ... Our offensive execution is way better than it was. . . . The big thing is we've got a pretty good rotation now. They're starting to feel more familiar with each other's games, and that takes a little time. We're still not there, but if we didn't have the break in the schedule I don't think we could have been able to get to where we are.
boards box create match pound second shots starts
That's where it all starts for us because they will pound the boards and create second shots for themselves, ... That has killed us at times this season. Our bigs have to box out and match up with them for us to have a chance.