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| Thursday, November 19, 2009 Final Score: New Orleans 110, Phoenix 103 Hornets Post Game Quotes
On the Hornets finishing quarters with scoring runs: Before the game started, we actually talked about what we would do when we got a lead just to have confidence and to talk about handling that situation. Every time we did get a lead and it got tightened up, I thought we dealt with it, handled it, got a big rebound or was able to make a shot at the right time. We were able to keep the game under control.” On Darren Collison: “His decision making, his ability to create shots for our other players, both interior and in the perimeter (was excellent). These situations are somewhat new to him at this level, but, obviously, he is used to making decisions in end of game scenarios in his college days. This is just a little bit bigger stage.” On rebounding tonight: “It was a terrific effort tonight from our bigs. Emeka (Okafor) went after the ball all night. Our guards went after long rebounds. We felt that we had to get more shot attempts in order for us to be better offensively. The number of field goal attempts (was important), regardless of how many went in. Just to have that many attempts gives you a chance.”
On the game tonight: “Anytime you get late into a game in that situation, you have to grow [as a team]. David West and Devin Brown helped me by talking to me throughout the game, and that takes a load off of me. At this point, we just had to focus and get the win...”
On the game tonight: “Coach wants us all to play with confidence. You just have to get out there and play the game of basketball. We’re going to spread the floor. We’re going to get the ball to Peja. We’re going to get the ball to David West. We’re going to play off of them. If we can continue to do that, it’s going to show how deep our bench really is.”
On the game tonight: “Defensively, we had a plan to make them uncomfortable. We executed the plan. We talked about it yesterday and spent the day at practice working on some of the things they like to do. We had a high level of concentration. We wanted to get out early and push the tempo. Those things are doing it for us.” Suns Post Game Quotes
On the game: “I don’t think there was anything that happened that we didn’t warn our guys about. They (the Hornets) were embarrassed by the way they performed at our place, you knew they were going to play better here. No doubt in my mind; Chris Paul, or no Chris Paul, it doesn’t matter. When you’ve got guys like David West, Emeka Okafor, and the young kid (Darren) Collison, they’re all in this league for a reason. If you don’t play hard and if you don’t compete for 48 minutes, there’s things that can happen to you. We got back in the game and did a good job, but we had some letdowns. Bottom line is they (the Hornets) deserved to win. They made some big shots at the right time.” On the start of the game: “When we let them get off to that start, their confidence was really high. They just had a win at home here, and it was an uphill battle. We came back and got ahead by eight, and then we let them right back in the game. Hopefully this is a learning experience for us.”
On the game: “They played great. They did what they had to do. They scrapped and they got their confidence going early and got the crowd into it. Give them credit. We knew they were going to be a tough team tonight without (Chris) Paul, without Hilton (Armstrong) and West was struggling, but they made plays for each other. We just didn’t play good. We weren’t focused. Shots aren’t going to fall all the time. We just have to keep them off the glass.” On his start to the game: “I’m going to keep shooting those shots. If they keep leaving me open all year, I’m going to keep making them all year. Stuff’s going to happen, as many times as we shoot. It’s all about making the right rotations and keeping focused. This is one of the games we needed, but we’ll just go back home. You have to tip your hat to them. They played great, and had guys off the bench and hit big shots.” |
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