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
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They did a good job of using that as motivation. I think we let up a little bit and didn't take advantage of having their best player out of the game.
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They did a good job of using it (Garnett's ejection) as motivation to play harder. And we let up a bit. We didn't do a good job of taking advantage of their best player being out.
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We showed our maturity. We didn't play our best first half and yet we were up a point. We executed better in the second half. Execution is about making plays.
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We all know we didn't have our best showing. They're really good here and they have a lot of confidence here.
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That's what I was taught. You do the best you can.
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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.
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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.
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The bench played well. They would have made a difference had we played well.
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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.
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It was a bizarre game. I'll leave it at that.
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We turned the ball over too much and after that we had our heads down. We just didn't have it.
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This was probably the toughest game of the year. We're proud of ourselves. We could have packed it in when they made a run and just said 'we're going to lose this one.' But good teams don't make excuses. They find ways, and we want to keep this thing rolling.
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Every year is independent. What we did in the past doesn't come in our minds. Obviously, we like to taste a playoff victory this year, but it's not something we go to sleep at night dwelling on or lighting vigils for.
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Brad is an excellent choice, he can shoot it, pass it and defend on the perimeter. I think if we've learned anything it's that teams that have had success (in the Olympics) have done it with team play. I like that we are picking a team that can play together.