Shane Battier
Shane Battier
Shane Courtney Battieris an American retired professional basketball player who played for various teams of the National Basketball Association. He has also been a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 September 1978
CityBirmingham, MI
franchise game played player
Pau played a man's game tonight. That's what a franchise player does.
defensive execution needed offensive poor stop
Our offensive and defensive execution was poor when it mattered. We couldn't get a stop when we needed it.
elton good played
I thought we played good enough to win, but Elton willed them to victory.
caught concentration energy flat game kick level notch recognize team win
I think we just caught them on a flat night. When you play a team like that, you've got to recognize it, and you've got to kick concentration up just a notch and kick your energy level up a notch and win the game early.
amount coaching credit game people realize staff time win
The amount of preparation and the amount of time you put in just to win one game is unbelievable. I don't think most people realize that. That's where I give our coaching staff a lot of credit. They put in the time, and we're always prepared. They should get a lot of credit on that front.
basketball good great happy hard hire last school took worker
I'm happy for him. He's a good dude. He's a hard worker and he has a great basketball mind. He took his last school to the dance. I think it's a good hire for Oklahoma.
focal knows
We need Pau to be our focal point. Everyone knows that.
breach bus dictionary hang last looked mean protocol sitting sorry time
Last time I looked in the dictionary for 'evacuate' it doesn't mean sitting in bus under the arena. So I left. I went outside. I wasn't going to hang around and wait. I got in a little trouble. I'm sorry for any breach of protocol with security.
answer anyone expect hard help outside
I don't think anyone has the answer to guarding him. You've just got to play hard and expect a lot of outside help from your team.
fun son
He was a motor-boating son of a gun. He was really going, and it was fun for all of us to watch.
mind playing
We're playing to win. I've always been of the mind-frame that you've got to play.
coach treats
Hubie treats Brendan just like every other coach. He yells at him just as much.
good playing
We feel good about where we are right now. We feel we're playing good basketball.
case good last played
We feel good about ourselves. We feel that we have played well in April, which has not been the case the last two years.