Udonis Haslem
Udonis Haslem
Udonis Johneal Haslemis an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a key member of four Florida Gators NCAA tournament teams. He played professional basketball in France for a year, and then signed with the Miami Heat in 2003. He has won three NBA championships while playing for the Heat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 June 1980
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
I will never forget that Game 7 as long as I play the game of basketball.
It is a game I'll never forget as long as I play the game of basketball. Obviously it's always in the back of our mind, how close we were last year.
I don't think it will take long. We understand what the game plan is every game going out. The transition more than anything will probably be defensively, because everybody played different defensive schemes, and our scheme is probably one of the toughest schemes in the NBA because we work a lot harder.
It's very important to execute down the stretch and get the stops, but by the same token, we want to put the games away a little earlier.
It's kind of like fool's gold. We're definitely making plays at the end of games to win, but at the same time we don't want to have to rely on that going into Detroit or with the playoffs coming up.
We just kept pounding it and pounding it inside. We took advantage of their size and took it to the basket. Everything was just clicking.
We wanted to take away his penetration and keep him out of the paint, and he hit his jumper.
We're two different players and we can bring two different things to the table. If we put that together, we should have a pretty good tandem.
I don't know why we're losing. We'll get it right. We've just got to keep working.
Since I've been here, they've made great decisions. And I'm sure they'll make the right decision here.
I think we understand what we're going up against when we go on the road. When we go on the road, it takes two times the concentration, two times more effort to win.
It is one of those situations where I have to step up and stick on the shooter and let the guard take his chances down there. I am thinking a step ahead. I am thinking if somebody rotates, then I have to rotate.
I threw my mouthpiece at the ground. Looking at it on TV, I could see how Joey would think I was throwing it at him.
I got excited just watching the glimpses of things to come.