Troy Murphy
Troy Murphy
Troy Brandon Murphyis an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. Murphy was born in Morristown, New Jersey but grew up in Sparta Township located in northwest New Jersey. He attended the Delbarton School for four years before moving on to the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-time consensus All-American before declaring himself for the 2001 NBA Draft. He is now a student at Columbia University...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 May 1980
bring focus game kicked urgency
We just got our butts kicked tonight. This game really let us know where we stand. We have to have more of a sense of urgency and bring some focus to each and every game.
hit shots
They hit big shots for us at the end of the game, got us back in.
freshman good heard year
It was a good speech, the kind he used to give us my freshman year at Notre Dame. I've heard it before.
backing coming talked
That's all we've talked about is defense, defense, defense, ... Now we're coming out and backing up our talk.
open shots
We got open shots at the end of the game. You want an uncontested shot, and that's what we got.
bit couple games hole ourselves past
We've put ourselves in a bit of a hole the past couple of weeks. All these games are a must for us.
couple finish hopefully last months season tend whether wins
We tend to finish the season well. I don't know why. Whether we have 15 wins going into the last couple of months or whether we have 25. Hopefully this will be another one of those years.
came laid trip
It would've been huge. It's unfortunate. We came in and laid an egg. But the trip was a success.
bit life took
That took a little bit of life out of us.
decide hopefully team
If they decide that this team can't get to the playoffs, then hopefully they'll do something.
hear name
I'd be surprised. I mean, you hear your name in a lot of rumors, things like that.
break majority safe vast win
It's safe to say this will make or break our season. We need to win the vast majority of these games.
coming good guy hard might played plays practice problem provide spark starting taken team tough
It's tough on Adonal to be taken out of the starting lineup, because it might look like that's the problem when it really isn't. Everybody's struggling. It's unfortunate for him, but he's a team guy and always plays hard and will provide a good spark coming off the bench. And he played really tough in practice today.
count great night plays
We can count on him every night for at least 20 points. The way he plays every night -- he plays hard, he plays hurt. He does a lot of great things for us.