Vince Carter
Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar Carteris an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is 6'6" and can play both shooting guard and small forward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 January 1977
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
best caught coming continue far hurt playing protect rivalry trying
We're trying to protect home, continue our streak. I think getting caught up in the whole rivalry thing, it can hurt us as far as not coming out and playing our best basketball.
deny eight far hands push shot tougher trying
I was trying to deny him as long as possible, at least eight of the 13 seconds, just to make it a tougher shot and push him out as far as I could. I just wanted to keep my hands up and make it a tough shot.
assumed far felt
I felt bad. It was far from what they assumed it to be.
backbone consistent definitely far hope solid
I hope he doesn't get discouraged because internally we know he's been the key. We know that he's definitely been the backbone as far as being consistent and solid throughout.
attack enjoying far game means mode moment team win
I'm enjoying every moment of it, don't get me wrong, but I think it was the team being in attack mode and me being more aggressive. This game means a lot as far as getting over the hump. This is a big win for us, obviously, for a lot of reasons.
bring far issue might wonderful
I have no clue. I can't even tell you what would go in (the decision) as far as thinking. I don't want to make that an issue as far as, 'Oh man, he might not be here or who are they going to bring in?' This has been a wonderful place.
drawing fake far foul good hands late pump push stay tough
I just wanted to push him out as far as I could and just stay down. He's good at that pump fake and drawing the foul late in the game. So I wanted to keep my hands up and make it a tough shot. If he makes it, he makes it.
best committed compete everybody feels good gotten job looks poked team teams turned whether worst
We've just committed to this team and turned things around. We've gotten results. It feels good. It looks good and everybody kind of has their chests poked out now. We want to feel like we can compete with anybody, whether it's the best teams or worst teams, and still get the job done executing.
coming expect kept second step talent win
With our talent, when we step on the court, we expect to win and can't expect anything less, ... They just kept coming and coming and out-hustled us in the second half.
aspects easy either hit job shots
We didn't get the job done either way. We didn't hit shots and we made it a little too easy for them in all aspects of the game.
basketball consistent given grinding needs played playing whatever
We're just consistent right now, playing hard, grinding it out. Whatever kind of basketball needs to be played on any given night, we're playing it.
basketball coach expects playing playoffs style
We want to go into the playoffs on a high, playing the style of basketball Coach expects us to play.
bit finding guys instead open patient taking threw zone
We weren't very patient early. We were going a little bit too fast. The zone really threw things out of whack. Guys were taking jumpers instead of penetrating and then finding the open guy.
badly basketball beat extra knew last motivation solid time
We knew how badly they beat us last time so there was some extra motivation to come out and just play a solid basketball game.