Terry Stotts
Terry Stotts
Terry Linn Stottsis an American retired professional basketball forward and the current head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. After a playing career in Europe and the Continental Basketball Association, where he played for George Karl, Stotts became a part of Karl's coaching staff on multiple teams in the CBA and NBA. He later got opportunities as a head coach for the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks, before helping the Dallas Mavericks win the 2011 NBA Championship...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 November 1957
CityCedar Falls, IA
They did a terrific job on both ends of the court and on the boards.
They went to him four or five times in a row, and when he makes that jump shot, it opens up everything else for them. He was effective and they took advantage.
They made him a priority. He's one of the main reasons why we've played them well throughout the year, and they obviously made Mike a priority. They didn't give him any looks, any good looks. We have to do a better job of getting him open. He has to find people when they do bottle him up. He has to find people and not necessarily play into the teeth of their defense.
It's certainly a different feel, and I think it does keep your legs warm. Joe wears it because he had a sleeve on his one knee and just wanted to have the same feel for both legs. I think it's a personal (preference). I can see why guys would want to wear them.
It's hard, as much as Rip was holding and grabbing.
It seemed like when they wanted to turn up their defensive pressure, they did. They challenged a lot of our shots, but during that stretch on the offensive end, we had three or four opportunities that didn't go, and they ran the other way with it. The lead went from four to 12 pretty quickly.
It seemed like when they wanted to turn up their defensive pressure they did.
We wanted to take advantage of both those guys inside, they finished around the basket. They did a nice job of fighting when they were open.
Toni threw a great pass and that's what we wanted to get. Andrew obviously made a great catch and shot. That's what we were looking to get.
And we were a dominant team in the league.
Everybody knew that our division was going to be tough.
Beating Dallas, as good a team as they are, is nice,
Two games in a row (against Washington). At their place the first time we played them, T.J. made a big defensive play - he got an offensive foul. He made the steal this time.
Two areas that were our biggest concerns going into the series were the free throw line and turnovers. This is the first game of the series where the turnover differential was substantial.