Grades v. Spurs 04/05
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Congratulations to you and your Kings. That was a Texas-size butt-kicking last night. Thought you might enjoy reading a few quotes from Coach Pop and Manu:
Pop:
On the game - “I thought Sacramento played great tonight. They did a wonderful job defensively and offensively on us tonight. (Mike) Bibby was great, he did a good job. We just didn’t play our normal game tonight and it cost us.”
On Ron Artest tonight - “He’s one of the best players in the league at what he does. I thought he did a good job defensively. Offensively he posted up and made threes; he was really good on both ends of the court, he was tough to handle.”
On if the Kings played more physical than the Spurs tonight - “I don’t know, I know they played better than we did.”
On Tony Parker’s injury - “Yes he’s getting stitches. I guess he got wacked when he went to the bucket. With all of those bodies nobody saw it I guess. It happens, it happens.”
Manu:
On the game - “(The Kings) are a very physical team. They play hard. They post up. It was a weird game. Their inside players shoot jumpers and their outside players post up. We will use this game to know them better. Every time you play a team you pick up things about them. They killed us in every part of the game.”
On playing in the second game of a back-to-back - “We haven’t played very well in the second game of back-to-backs. (The Kings) played yesterday too, so we can’t use that as an excuse. They just played better than us. We can’t make any excuses. I played only played 28 minutes yesterday, so why would I be tired tonight? It isn’t a matter of being tired, it’s a matter of playing hard. They played better than us overall.”
Congratulations, once again. Awesome game by the Kings. I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys in the first round.
Pop:
On the game - “I thought Sacramento played great tonight. They did a wonderful job defensively and offensively on us tonight. (Mike) Bibby was great, he did a good job. We just didn’t play our normal game tonight and it cost us.”
On Ron Artest tonight - “He’s one of the best players in the league at what he does. I thought he did a good job defensively. Offensively he posted up and made threes; he was really good on both ends of the court, he was tough to handle.”
On if the Kings played more physical than the Spurs tonight - “I don’t know, I know they played better than we did.”
On Tony Parker’s injury - “Yes he’s getting stitches. I guess he got wacked when he went to the bucket. With all of those bodies nobody saw it I guess. It happens, it happens.”
Manu:
On the game - “(The Kings) are a very physical team. They play hard. They post up. It was a weird game. Their inside players shoot jumpers and their outside players post up. We will use this game to know them better. Every time you play a team you pick up things about them. They killed us in every part of the game.”
On playing in the second game of a back-to-back - “We haven’t played very well in the second game of back-to-backs. (The Kings) played yesterday too, so we can’t use that as an excuse. They just played better than us. We can’t make any excuses. I played only played 28 minutes yesterday, so why would I be tired tonight? It isn’t a matter of being tired, it’s a matter of playing hard. They played better than us overall.”
Congratulations, once again. Awesome game by the Kings. I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys in the first round.
During the game both ESPN stations were having the same problem kinda goin in and out with the sound, but it seemed like all the other stations were fine. Weird.
I'm curious is Garcia still recovering from his ankle injury or did he just not fit into the rotation last night? I figured to see him play, he may be important come playoff time.
I'm curious is Garcia still recovering from his ankle injury or did he just not fit into the rotation last night? I figured to see him play, he may be important come playoff time.
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