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
chance felt half points position win
It's just one of those things that happens. We were down 10 points at the half and still felt like we had a chance to win the game, because we've been in that position before.
best broke dear fall hold hurt life position seemed sore took trying
It's all sore right now. It seemed like that fall took forever. I've been in a position like that when I broke my wrist. I was just trying to hold on for dear life and trying not to hurt myself. That was the best I could do.
coach good job lane positions putting
I was able to get in the lane and make things happen. Coach (Lawrence Frank) did a good job of putting me in different positions to succeed.
knew position trying win
I put it up, (Smith) was trying to go for the block. I knew that if I didn't make the shot, I had to try and get in position (for the rebound). It's win by any means. Sometimes it's not going to be pretty.
gate high jump lesson ourselves position steal teams wins
Hopefully, it will be a lesson and make us come out harder. We'll try to come out of the gate and jump on teams and steal some wins and position ourselves as high as possible.
effort felt half last played pleased win
We weren't pleased with our first half last game. We felt if we played better in the first half we could win tonight. It was all about effort and energy.
difference energy felt game pleased start tonight
We weren't pleased about our start in the first game and felt that was the difference in (Friday's) game. Tonight it was about energy and effort, and that's what we showed right from the tip.
factor forth happy
We weren't happy with our effort. (Jefferson is) a big factor for us, but we can still really put forth a better effort.
jump missed open shots
We missed a lot of shots that we usually make. I know I missed two open jump shots.
basketball bench kept lead overdo tough
We had that energy. We had a lead and our bench kept the lead. We didn't have to play catch-up, which is real tough to do. We had a comfortable lead and we were able to play basketball and not overdo it (or) rush.
good protect road team
We feel we're a good team and we always want to protect home, but we have to do it on the road as well.
against best compete hit late left mental mistakes open shots teams wide
We feel we can compete against the best teams in the league. But against the better teams, you can't have the mental mistakes late in the game, because that's when the better team will prevail. They hit some big shots and we left them wide open to hit some big shots.
experience games good helped poised
We got out really good and set the tone. Our experience in the big games helped a lot. We were a little more poised than they were, I think.
care less peak playoffs time trying
We are trying to peak at the right time and go into the playoffs with a lot of confidence. I could care less who we play.