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
ball call plays
I told him I would put the ball in his hands, call plays for him, make him make decisions.
five four games great stayed win
This was a great win for us. We've been struggling, injured, with four games in five nights. But we stayed with it and got it done.
bad
When you have a wide-open look, bad things happen. That's the way it goes.
basketball coach good talk
We always talk about basketball stuff, ... She'll talk to me about the practice, what she observed. She's very knowledgeable. She's been very good as a coach up there. They really do play hard, do the right thing.
accustomed anybody beat good since team
When you look at the team since we made the trade, we were in games, but we just couldn't get over the hump. The team's really getting accustomed to what we've got to do to win. We think we can beat anybody at this point. ... There's expectations for us now, and that's a good thing. When there's no expectations, it's no fun. It's drudgery.
definitely players playing struggled unusual
We've definitely struggled so far, ... It's not that unusual when you have players that haven't been playing that long together.
certainly great milwaukee ourselves position win
We've certainly put ourselves in position to have a great trip. Now we have to do it in Milwaukee on Wednesday. It's a big win for us.
came deserve gratifying guys hung locker proud room stayed
To say the least, it's gratifying to come from where we were. Those guys in the locker room deserve a lot of credit. They stayed with it. I'm really proud of them and the way they came back and hung together, and now they're in.
ball guys looking open pass shooting
We are shooting the ball well. I also think guys are looking for each other. If we pass the ball we are going to find open people.
days extra fatigue finished played season team three
We finished the season strong. We had three days off before the playoffs, so we had an extra day. It wasn't fatigue tonight, it was the Spurs. It is going to be a battle. I think that we are a better team than we played today.
guys mixed people playing trying
Everything is so new. We're trying to get a sense of what guys can do. So far, they've responded. Every day we've mixed it up with people playing with different people.
bad everybody figure themselves
Everybody in that (locker room) is going to have to look at themselves and try to figure out what's going on. Because this wasn't just being down, this was about as bad as it gets.
came closed happen move quarter start team third
At the start of the third quarter we came out and they closed it right away. We didn't move it (the ball), especially in the third quarter. It was one pass, one dribble, one shot. That's what will happen when you play a team like that.
track winning
We need to go on a four- or five-game winning streak. We're going to get right back on track if we can do that.