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
against execution played playoff sharp team
We played a team (Tuesday) that really wasn't sharp in their execution, and if we can do that against the playoff teams, then we'll be a lot more excited.
beat bring dallas game obviously
We just didn't have it tonight. To beat Dallas you have to bring your 'A' game and we obviously didn't.
behind best complete fun glad mike player rewarded second together watch
Mike has consistently been our second best player behind Pau. He has been fun to watch and fun to play with. He put together a complete season, and I?m glad he got rewarded for it.
half intensity job points saying scoring second tired won year
We haven't won that way all year long. They're scoring way too many points in the first half. We've done a much better job in the second half but we're tired of saying that. We need to come out and play with more intensity from the start.
good guys major missing statistics team year
We haven't been a very good team this year when major guys are missing from the other team. They don't keep statistics for that but I know we haven't been very good.
eight games
Yeah, but we have eight more games to play.
guys means speaking takes time
We didn't have guys like that before, that can look at you and tell you what it takes to get over the hump. I mean, when these guys tell you something, they're speaking from experience. And that means a lot at this time of the year.
attitude best brought dynamic felt guys last less stay veterans volatile year
The (team) dynamic is less dynamic, less volatile than last year when it was up and down. Our veterans have brought calmness, a steadfast attitude where those guys say, 'Hey, stay with who we are.' This is the best I have ever felt about our team.
basketball care good playing solid
If you don't feel good about yourself, you're not going to play good basketball. I don't care who you are. We've accomplished what we wanted by playing solid basketball in April. At the end of the day, it's about what you do; if you execute.
block figure guys half means season second
Once he's been around the block one time, he'll figure out how guys play. He's doing that in the second half of the season and that means you can put him in more situations.
basketball game hopefully losing mess minds momentum punish single step talk time trying wherever win
If you try to mess with the basketball gods, they punish you in the end. All the talk of massaging and losing games, that's not in our minds right now. We're trying to win every single game each time we step on the court. Wherever we are at the end of the year, hopefully we'll have some momentum and play well in the playoffs.
bottom reality trying win
In reality, we're trying to win every game. That's the bottom line.
came finish resolution season trying
We came in here with the resolution to win, and that's what we did. ...We're trying to finish the season off strong.
bench difference played
The bench played well. They would have made a difference had we played well.