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
approach ball good rhythm timely turn
When we didn't turn the ball over, we got some good opportunities. Michael's approach was terrific. He got in little more of a rhythm and made some timely shots.
february games good happens home march month separate strong time
We need March to be a good month for us. Between home games and everything else, we need March to be a good month. We were one game under .500 for February and around that in January, so we need to come on strong in March and see what happens in April. But this is the time that we should be able to separate a little bit.
defensive games offensive played row steal time
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.
easy explosive fights-and-fighting games happen kept miss seemed style time trying
They're an explosive team, but their style of play allows you to get back into games too. We kept fighting. We kept trying to make things happen and it seemed like every time we got close, we'd miss an easy one and they'd come down and make one.
help night time
It was the first time all night where we let (James) go away from the screen. All the help was to the screen.
defense game offense performance time
It was a performance that we needed. Defensively, that was one of our better games. Our defense contributed to our offense and a lot of times it's the other way around. You like to have a game like that this time of the year.
ball close compound fourth hard hot houston minutes points quarter roll score time tough
Obviously, we had a hard time scoring. We didn't score any points in 10 minutes and you compound that with McGrady getting hot and on a roll . . . that's what Houston wanted to do. They wanted to keep it close in the fourth quarter and have McGrady take over. But offensively it's tough when the ball doesn't go in.
available force good mature offensive score time touches
Right now he doesn't need to be an offensive force for us. He made some good plays, was available on penetration. We don't need him to score every time he touches the ball. He's very mature with his approach. That showed.
andrew board chase cleaned defensive effective fantastic job smaller time turn
Andrew and Jamaal did a fantastic job of rebounding the ball. Andrew a lot of the time is guarding a smaller player, so he has to chase them around and Jamaal cleaned up every defensive board and that was big. When we didn't turn it over, we were effective at getting it down into the post.
chance definitely felt good won
We felt if we won this game, there was good chance we'd have the tie-breaker at the end of the season. That was definitely on our minds.
good held
We held them off and made shots. We did a lot of good things.
led stop transition
Our turnovers led to their transition and we didn't do much to stop them.
ball fourth houston quarter tough
That's what Houston wanted to do - keep it close, get to the fourth quarter and have McGrady take over. Offensively, it's tough when the ball doesn't go in.
michael played taking terrific
Michael played a terrific game. It was entertaining, but I'm not taking much consolation in that.