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Postgame Quote-at Orlando
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“In the second half we played a lot better. In the first half we were very poor defensively. Transition defense, getting beat off the dribble. Second half we tightened it up and got much better. That’s the only way we’re gonna get better, is if we defend better, especially on the perimeter. Our defense there was very poor.”
“I don’t think you’re gonna get better at it unless individuals take it upon themselves to put more effort into it. I saw a lot more effort going on in the offensive end than the defensive end. We were quicker on offense, and attacking. On the other end, we weren’t. If we’re going to get better as a team in these last 20+ games, that’s where it’s gonna have to be. We scored enough points to win tonight.”
On the play of Stojakovic:
“He played well. I was really pleased to see him. He was running free and didn’t seem to have any adverse effects. We really missed him. Obviously, with what you saw tonight, if we can get him back, and get Brad back, it would be great. We just have to get through this period and get healthy and then try to build some momentum going down to the last 20 games.”
“It’s very tough because we’ve made two trades in the last month, and we’ve been on the road and we’ve had injuries too. You don’t get any continuity at all. Our guys have been really good at trying to fight through it. We got two wins on the road and then we had three guys out the last game. There’s nothing you can do but keep fighting through it. You gotta make them understand that they can be a good team, we just need everybody to get healthy, and we gotta work at it. It has been very difficult.”
On the last shot by Stojakovic:
“We were concerned they were going to foul us as soon as we caught it. Actually we were trying to free Bibby or Peja up off a screen. I think Peja popped out a little quick and Mike got stuck. Brian made a pretty good decision when he got it and threw it right back to Peja. The Magic were in trouble then because they couldn’t afford to foul him. I’ll take that shot from Peja every time. I thought there should’ve been more time on the clock.”
Peja Stojakovic
“I don’t know how much time was left on the clock when I got the ball. I just wanted to release quickly. It felt pretty good. Maybe an inch shorter and it might have gone in. We gave it a much better effort in the second half on the defensive end. I think the last three minutes of the first half really killed us. They made a big run, but we were able to come back in the second half and play much better defense.”
“We are still working on the offensive end how to include the new guys and obviously we were missing Brad (Miller). We can use tomorrow as another day to practice and work on our game.”
“It was great to be back on the court after three weeks of sitting down. On the other hand, I was worried about my injury but it felt good. It is going to take a couple days to get it back to normal.”
“If you want to go back to the summer when we lost Vlade (Divac), trade Doug, and trade Chris...we have so many new guys on the team. We still have the talent and we just have to work on our game. We all understand it is going to take some time to regroup.”
Cuttino Mobley
“It was cool. It wasn’t like Houston. I had a lot of emotions in Houston. I met a lot of cool people here. I hung out with a couple of them yesterday and talked to a couple of them today. Orlando is a great place and it doesn’t hurt to have your best friend here too.”
“He (Francis) is hard to guard. He had the upper hand on me with the dislocation of my finger. He played well tonight. Everybody on their team played well. I couldn’t really press too much with my hand like it is. It is not an excuse, it is what it is. I tried to play “D”, but they played hard.”
“He (Nelson) has been playing well. He did so well tonight. I am happy for him. He is my young boy and he is from around my way (Philadelphia).”
Postgame Quote-at Orlando
“In the second half we played a lot better. In the first half we were very poor defensively. Transition defense, getting beat off the dribble. Second half we tightened it up and got much better. That’s the only way we’re gonna get better, is if we defend better, especially on the perimeter. Our defense there was very poor.”
“I don’t think you’re gonna get better at it unless individuals take it upon themselves to put more effort into it. I saw a lot more effort going on in the offensive end than the defensive end. We were quicker on offense, and attacking. On the other end, we weren’t. If we’re going to get better as a team in these last 20+ games, that’s where it’s gonna have to be. We scored enough points to win tonight.”
On the play of Stojakovic:
“He played well. I was really pleased to see him. He was running free and didn’t seem to have any adverse effects. We really missed him. Obviously, with what you saw tonight, if we can get him back, and get Brad back, it would be great. We just have to get through this period and get healthy and then try to build some momentum going down to the last 20 games.”
“It’s very tough because we’ve made two trades in the last month, and we’ve been on the road and we’ve had injuries too. You don’t get any continuity at all. Our guys have been really good at trying to fight through it. We got two wins on the road and then we had three guys out the last game. There’s nothing you can do but keep fighting through it. You gotta make them understand that they can be a good team, we just need everybody to get healthy, and we gotta work at it. It has been very difficult.”
On the last shot by Stojakovic:
“We were concerned they were going to foul us as soon as we caught it. Actually we were trying to free Bibby or Peja up off a screen. I think Peja popped out a little quick and Mike got stuck. Brian made a pretty good decision when he got it and threw it right back to Peja. The Magic were in trouble then because they couldn’t afford to foul him. I’ll take that shot from Peja every time. I thought there should’ve been more time on the clock.”
“I don’t know how much time was left on the clock when I got the ball. I just wanted to release quickly. It felt pretty good. Maybe an inch shorter and it might have gone in. We gave it a much better effort in the second half on the defensive end. I think the last three minutes of the first half really killed us. They made a big run, but we were able to come back in the second half and play much better defense.”
“We are still working on the offensive end how to include the new guys and obviously we were missing Brad (Miller). We can use tomorrow as another day to practice and work on our game.”
“It was great to be back on the court after three weeks of sitting down. On the other hand, I was worried about my injury but it felt good. It is going to take a couple days to get it back to normal.”
“If you want to go back to the summer when we lost Vlade (Divac), trade Doug, and trade Chris...we have so many new guys on the team. We still have the talent and we just have to work on our game. We all understand it is going to take some time to regroup.”
“It was cool. It wasn’t like Houston. I had a lot of emotions in Houston. I met a lot of cool people here. I hung out with a couple of them yesterday and talked to a couple of them today. Orlando is a great place and it doesn’t hurt to have your best friend here too.”
“He (Francis) is hard to guard. He had the upper hand on me with the dislocation of my finger. He played well tonight. Everybody on their team played well. I couldn’t really press too much with my hand like it is. It is not an excuse, it is what it is. I tried to play “D”, but they played hard.”
“He (Nelson) has been playing well. He did so well tonight. I am happy for him. He is my young boy and he is from around my way (Philadelphia).”
