2차전 post game quote

[다알링]

SUNS HEAD COACH MIKE D’ANTONI: “I don’t think it is any secret. I don’t think we had any energy and we didn’t give it any effort. Second chance points just didn’t happen. I can try to explain it but they did a great job. It is going to be a tough series, a long series. We just have to regroup.

"You try to guard against it, as a coach you yell at them, you try to prod them but we have to grow from this. They did a great job. It is almost like the game we had on Monday we just didn’t get back and get the ball around. We didn’t hit the balls we needed to hit and a lot of that is from not playing hard. I think it is understandable from our guys and they will regroup and will learn for the next game."

(On defense)
"It is size obviously. To negate that, to not get killed, we have to have that second effort. We did that on Monday. We just have to be more active in the next game. I will be very surprised if we don’t.

"We just weren’t sharp and we weren’t running. Everyone worked hard and we have been going a long time, four or five games of elimination, and we had a burst of adrenaline but we are not good enough or strong enough to expand that. Now it just a matter of resting and getting our energy back and getting ready for next game.

“In the past, in our second game, last year Dallas, the Lakers beat us, we lost tonight. We have trouble in the second game, we struggled with that and we will have to put that aside. We won’t be struggling for the next day and a half.”

대충 정리 - 사이즈 문제도 있지만, 전반적으로 선수들이 지친 듯 열심히 뛰지 못했다. 작년부터 플옵 2차전에선 항상 좋은 모습을 보여주지 못했다. 지금은 팀이 휴식을 취하고, 다음 게임을 위해 재정비할 때다.

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Marion

SUNS FORWARD SHAWN MARION (13 PTS, 6 REBS): “They got second chance opportunities. So that’s the kicker—when you’ve got it going like that, and you know if you miss a shot you’ll get the rebound back, you can do a lot more things.

“We were scattered around a little bit. I think that’s what causes us to get beat for offensive rebounds, but there is a little bit more effort [needed]. You have to go out there and get it. I put myself out of position trying to go get a few more blocks, but I just have to keep a body on guys. We all have to go out and rebound as a team. Even if I’m just tipping it—we had a lot of guys who were tipping rebounds, and someone else was getting them for us—and that’s what we needed to do tonight. I was trying to tip it but nobody was getting them. At the same time, we have to rebound as a team better.

“You probably could say we were a little fatigued out there. That’s probably why we couldn’t push it any closer. When we made a run and cut the lead to nine, our legs got even heavier and we couldn’t get closer. They would come down and hit a three, the next two possessions we wouldn’t score and all of a sudden it was up to twenty again. Even though we were probably kind of fatigued out there as team, we didn’t give ourselves a chance to win because we got killed on the boards.”

대충 정리: 세컨 챈스를 너무 많이 허용했다. 우리 선수들이 좀 느슨했는데, 그게 상대방에게 많은 공격 리바운드를 허용한 것 같다. 나도 블럭을 하려고 몇번 수비 위치를 비웠는데, 그것보단 수비 자리를 지키는게 좋을 것 같다. 팀 리바운드에 주력해야 한다. 리바운드를 못 잡아내면 쳐내기라도 해야 하고 그걸 팀 리바운드해야 하는데, 공을 쳐내긴 했지만 쳐낸 공을 받아내질 못했다. 선수들이 좀 지쳤던 것이 사실이다. 우리가 쫓아가서 9점차까지 줄인 적이 있었는데, 거기서 더 밀어붙이지 못했다.

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Nash

SUNS GUARD STEVE NASH (14 PTS, 8 ASST): (On getting outrebounded 57-26)
“I think we shot a decent and I thought they played well, but really made difference on the glass. We are going to give up some discrepancy on the boards and second-chance points. Obviously, we’d like it to be a smaller discrepancy. I just don’t think we competed as hard as we needed to. I don’t think we had the swagger, confidence or energy we needed. When you don’t have that and you’re scrappy or tough enough, and you some a huge discrepancy in second-chance points 30-6, it’s not a good equation.”

(On if the Clippers changed their pick-and-roll defense against Phoenix)
“To be honest I just don’t think we had as many opportunities. I don’t think there was much difference. I might have missed a shot or two, but I think on the receiving end we probably didn’t convert the same amount. But there were still some good looks. We didn’t play particularly well tonight, but I thought they did much of the same stuff against us."

(On a letdown after defeating the Lakers in seven games in the first round)
"I think there was maybe a little bit. There was definitely a letdown, but I don’t know if I want to blame it on the first series or not, but for whatever reason we didn’t play with a lot of energy. I thought we were elsewhere for most of the game. We didn’t have a great focus or attitude. We need that. We are smaller than every team we play. We need to scrap, be tough and be focused. Tonight when you don’t have that spirit and you get outrebounded and outscored 30-6 in second-chance points you aren’t going to win many games like that."

대충 정리: 클리퍼스가 잘 했다. 리바운드와 세컨 찬스 공격에서 우리가 어느 정도 밀릴 것은 예상했지만, 그렇게 크게 내줄 줄은 몰랐다. 좀 더 열심히 뛰었어야 했는데, 그러지 못한 것이 그런 리바운드의 열세를 가져온 것 같다. - 나머지도 다 비슷한 얘기... 선수들의 집중력이 부족했고, 승부욕이 부족했고 등등등.....

... 시간이 없어서 클리퍼스 인터뷰 내용은 그냥 원문만 적습니다. 죄송 죄송~~!

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Dunleavy

CLIPPERS HEAD COACH MIKE DUNLEAVY: “Well the obvious key was our defensive effort. We did a lot of great things. Our size on the boards our low post game was kicked in gear, the main thing was that our defense. We did a much better job on coverages. We’ll take the tempo for points for us. We would like to keep it a one way street. I thought our guys were in and out of an up tempo game but we had the lead. I thought we played really well."

(On defense)
“Well the thing is that our bigs were the ones who won the boards. We have a size advantage down there and as long as we keep our bigs close the boards- that is what is supposed to happen. Last game, early in the game, we just didn’t off a few and a couple of balls went a different ways and it didn’t happen. Tonight our games came back more aggressive and we did a better job spacing and our bigs had a better advantage when shots went up. Our other guys had a better opportunity getting shots up and our guys like Livingston and other guys can get in there."

(On Sam Cassell)
“Sam did a great job. He understood the tempo and he understand his ability to make shots the main thing is that we are going to go to Elton Brand and they have to figure out to stop it. They sent double team guys and they try to make other guys pay the price. I thought the other guys did a good job stepping in tonight and a lot of all around games from most of our bench.”

(On offense)
“I think it was pretty obvious we did a good penetrating the shots. Our guys were better penetrating, we block shots, we intimated more and just because we do it well one time doesn’t mean we are going to do it again. You have to come bring it every night and you have to be relentless. You have to be able to help and anticipate because they are going ot attack you up the dribble.”

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Brand

CLIPPERS FORWARD ELTON BRAND (23 PTS, 10 REBS): “We made some defensive changes. If we made those changes, we knew we had a shot at winning the ball game. We didn’t know what to expect. To be that dominant and to shut them down like that, that’s good.

(On inside dominance tonight)
"We had a lot of second chance points and points in the paint. If the bigs stepped up, we knew we had a shot. If wee could hold them in the perimeter and have them shoot jump shots, then we’d have the advantage of the post and we out rebounded them heavily which was also to our advantage."

(On evening series)
"We feel good about going home. They didn’t to do what they had to do on their court, now we shifted it to our home court advantage.”

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Cassell

CLIPPERS GUARD SAM CASSELL (23 PTS, 6 ASST): “We’ve been one of the best rebounding teams in this league all year. I wouldn’t say we’re the top rebounding team but we are the top five. So, basically, they missed shots and we rebounded the basketball today. When our backs are against the wall, this team all year has come out swinging. We needed this game today. We didn’t want to go back to LA down two, so we just collectively as group got together and said, we’re going to play harder, we’re going to rebound, we’re going to try not turn over the ball. We’re going to execute our offense, our defensive game plan, and I think that’s how we had success today. We executed our defensive game plan. I think Steve [Nash] creates such a mismatch because he controls the ball so much and their offense is perfect for him. He dribbles around the basketball court and when he finds the open guys he knows how to deliver the ball. We limited his ability. Instead of him scoring the ball, we said he was going to do one thing—score or pass. Game 1 he did both; he scored and he passed the ball, so we got too much of him in Game 1.

“One of our coaches told me practice today that he needed me to come out aggressive, look for my shot and score the ball. When I come out aggressive, this team follows my lead. That’s what I did today. I came out, had some opportunities early to score the basketball and I did. Game 1 I was the playmaker, the point guard, and I didn’t look for my offense. “My teammates tonight did an excellent job. Cuttino Mobley didn’t have a Cuttino Mobley-like game in Game 1 because he wasn’t aggressive. In Game 2 he came out aggressive, he scored the ball, he’s a hell of a post-up player. We defended the three-point line pretty well today, but you’re not going to stop [the Suns] from not making threes because they’re going to find a way to get them. When they get enough of them, they’re going to make enough of them.”

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Kaman

CLIPPERS CENTER CHRIS KAMAN (14 PTS, 16 REBS): “Now it’s like we have home court advantage because we got a game here at their arena. That helped us out a lot and this was an important game to come home to. We were able to get it and now we have to take care of our business at home.

"I was a little frustrated after the last game. I didn’t get as many touches as I’d like and that’s just part of the game sometimes. Tonight I was able to get some good looks. I was able to get some good looks last game but I just didn’t finish, but we were able to finish out tonight. My team did a good job defensively; we all did a great job. We let down a couple of times on the pick and rolls but for the most part, we did a great job. We rebounded the basketball extremely well.”

[raideen]

앗~! 무플 방지.. 언제나 열심히 활동해 주셔서 감사합니다..^^