Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelmanis an American retired professional basketball player and head coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He served as head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 June 1946
CityLynwood, CA
score shots took work
We made him work, he took 20 shots to score 15 points.
attention detail games guys hurting last offense passing paying playing seven teammates trusting trying
We haven't been playing well these last seven games and our offense was the thing hurting us the most. Guys were trying to do everything on their own and we need to get back to trusting our teammates and passing the ball. We weren't paying much attention to detail in these last seven games, but we were better tonight.
ahead catch open points stayed
We had open shots, but couldn't make them. They stayed ahead about 15 points and we could never catch up.
looked matter message possible send
I think the Spurs are going to play the same no matter who's out there. When I looked at the tape, I thought it's possible they'll send a message and (upgrade) it to a flagrant foul, but I had no idea they would suspend him.
last liked night saw shoot shot
I saw Brent shoot that shot so many times last night, I can't tell you. And I always liked Brent before.
dangerous exactly games giving halftime second shot stop talked team third win
We talked at halftime that this was a dangerous team if you let them get back in it in the third quarter, and that's exactly what we did. We just couldn't stop them in the second half. They shot over 70 percent. You're not going to win very many games giving that up.
great plays tonight
He's a great player. Tonight he made the plays that they had to have made, especially down the stretch.
frantic fueled instead pace played smarter team trying turned whatever
We played at a frantic pace instead of the way we wanted to play. We quick-shot it, we turned it over -- we just fueled whatever they were trying to do. We have to be a smarter team than that.
hands helping nice seeing teammates
We're challenging shots, getting hands on passes, helping teammates and seeing what the other team is doing. It's nice to see the activity.
ball group move together trust
We're a group that hasn't been together that long. I think if we move the ball and trust each other, we're going to be okay.
chance stops
We executed offensively, and we got the stops we needed. Now we have a chance to even it up on Sunday.
ball hard moved shoot team
We really moved the ball well tonight. We still didn't shoot as well as we can. We had a lot of assists, but they're a hard team to guard. You know they were going to make a run; they always do here.
ball followed game moved
We really moved the ball well and we followed our game plan.
ball coming hard moved people philosophy post react
That was our philosophy. Go at him. Make him try to defend. It?s hard to post him up. We moved the ball pretty well, and we got him to react to people coming at him.