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http://www.nba.com/kings/news/Postgame_Quotesat_Golden_Stat-131002-58.html
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“That was just a terrific win. We didn’t have Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic or Cuttino Mobley tonight, but all we talked about before the game is that it doesn’t matter if you’re short-handed. If you compete, play hard, and play together you’re going to give yourself a shot. Our guys really played hard, especially when they jumped up on us in that overtime and it looked like it was over with, and we responded. Our guys came through.”
On the key to the comeback: “I had planned on using the zone all along, but I didn’t want to do it in the first half. I just wanted to take them out of their rhythm. Being short-handed like that, we didn’t want to get in foul trouble and we wanted to give our guys, well, not rest, but keep them from running around too much. We never quit, and we made some huge plays. I can’t say enough about our group.”
“Getting wins like this is just huge, will all these guys out. We could have won last night, and to come back after last night and win tonight is just huge for us.”
“We had to have big games from Mike Bibby and Brad Miller, or we weren’t going to win this game with the other three starters out. If you watched the first half when I took them out, we just stopped. I had to keep them in the game for us to have any chance at all to win it. It really puts the other team at a disadvantage when you have guys that can make shots like that.”
Brad Miller
“We’ve got a lot of guys who can play on this team. All the guys who are here got here for a reason and they proved that they deserve to play in this league. We’ve got a lot of guys who can play that people have never heard of, and we’re just trying to play as a team and trying to maintain while guys are out.”
“I wanted to come out and play a lot better than I did last night, and that’s just what happened. That’s the best thing about this league, you can have an off night and you can be lucky enough to go out there the next night and redeem yourself.”
Mike Bibby:
“We played good. We were kind of slow in the first half, just trying to help each other out. It’ll be a lot easier if we help each other, work a little bit harder on defense and things will be a little bit better.”
On Brad Miller:
“He always does that. He always does dirty work.”
“We played hard. We think we can win every game regardless of who is playing. So we came with a lot of confidence and we played good. We went to zone and stepped up the middle a bit and we started helping each other a lot more.”
“We always love our fans regardless of where we’re playing. We’re glad that they come see us.”
Maurice Evans:
“It was rough. I was missing dunks and making mistakes I don’t normally make. It’s tough sometimes when you take games off you to find your rhythm but I stuck with it and I was proud of the win; that’s what’s the most important. I’m proud of our team for stepping up to the diversity that we’ve been going through the past couple weeks.”
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Coach Mike Montgomery
“It’s a part of the game. (Jason Richardson) had a great offensive performance, there’s no question about that. It clearly wasn’t his fault. If he makes both (free throws), obviously, it’s a different situation, they’ve got to score or we go to a second overtime. If he makes a move the basket, gets fouled, and the ball goes down, it’s a three point play. We just can’t get a play at the end of a game.”
“Brad Miller gets 38, rolls down the middle and lays it up for a two point lead. We had a six point lead in overtime, and all of a sudden we start running around trapping. Instead of guarding them and making them make shots, we start trapping them and they get a wide-open three. It just changes the whole complexion, we have to be more disciplined consistently at the end of the game. We have to know how to win – that’s something we got to learn.”
On whether the Warriors shot too many three-pointers:
“No question. Without a real inside presence, it’s hard to attack a zone. We tend in our minds to look at a zone differently. We don’t attack a zone enough. We put the ball over our heads and look for something that’s really not there. You’ve got to attack a zone.”
Jason Richardson:
“I missed some free throws and lost the game tonight. I don’t have any lack of confidence, I just have to knock down those free throws and I just didn’t do my job tonight.”
“That’s what I want. I want to be the difference maker. I had the game in my hands tonight, but couldn’t pull through. I’m not going to get down on myself, I just have to continue to fight and play hard.”
Eduardo Najera:
On Brad Miller’s performance:
“He played very well tonight. He was making all kinds of shots and ended up with 38 points.”
“This one was a tough one to lose, but we have 35 more games left and we just have to keep going and practice hard and do our best in the games.”
“That was just a terrific win. We didn’t have Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic or Cuttino Mobley tonight, but all we talked about before the game is that it doesn’t matter if you’re short-handed. If you compete, play hard, and play together you’re going to give yourself a shot. Our guys really played hard, especially when they jumped up on us in that overtime and it looked like it was over with, and we responded. Our guys came through.”
On the key to the comeback: “I had planned on using the zone all along, but I didn’t want to do it in the first half. I just wanted to take them out of their rhythm. Being short-handed like that, we didn’t want to get in foul trouble and we wanted to give our guys, well, not rest, but keep them from running around too much. We never quit, and we made some huge plays. I can’t say enough about our group.”
“Getting wins like this is just huge, will all these guys out. We could have won last night, and to come back after last night and win tonight is just huge for us.”
“We had to have big games from Mike Bibby and Brad Miller, or we weren’t going to win this game with the other three starters out. If you watched the first half when I took them out, we just stopped. I had to keep them in the game for us to have any chance at all to win it. It really puts the other team at a disadvantage when you have guys that can make shots like that.”
“We’ve got a lot of guys who can play on this team. All the guys who are here got here for a reason and they proved that they deserve to play in this league. We’ve got a lot of guys who can play that people have never heard of, and we’re just trying to play as a team and trying to maintain while guys are out.”
“I wanted to come out and play a lot better than I did last night, and that’s just what happened. That’s the best thing about this league, you can have an off night and you can be lucky enough to go out there the next night and redeem yourself.”
“We played good. We were kind of slow in the first half, just trying to help each other out. It’ll be a lot easier if we help each other, work a little bit harder on defense and things will be a little bit better.”
On Brad Miller:
“He always does that. He always does dirty work.”
“We played hard. We think we can win every game regardless of who is playing. So we came with a lot of confidence and we played good. We went to zone and stepped up the middle a bit and we started helping each other a lot more.”
“We always love our fans regardless of where we’re playing. We’re glad that they come see us.”
“It was rough. I was missing dunks and making mistakes I don’t normally make. It’s tough sometimes when you take games off you to find your rhythm but I stuck with it and I was proud of the win; that’s what’s the most important. I’m proud of our team for stepping up to the diversity that we’ve been going through the past couple weeks.”
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Coach Mike Montgomery
“It’s a part of the game. (Jason Richardson) had a great offensive performance, there’s no question about that. It clearly wasn’t his fault. If he makes both (free throws), obviously, it’s a different situation, they’ve got to score or we go to a second overtime. If he makes a move the basket, gets fouled, and the ball goes down, it’s a three point play. We just can’t get a play at the end of a game.”
“Brad Miller gets 38, rolls down the middle and lays it up for a two point lead. We had a six point lead in overtime, and all of a sudden we start running around trapping. Instead of guarding them and making them make shots, we start trapping them and they get a wide-open three. It just changes the whole complexion, we have to be more disciplined consistently at the end of the game. We have to know how to win – that’s something we got to learn.”
On whether the Warriors shot too many three-pointers:
“No question. Without a real inside presence, it’s hard to attack a zone. We tend in our minds to look at a zone differently. We don’t attack a zone enough. We put the ball over our heads and look for something that’s really not there. You’ve got to attack a zone.”
Jason Richardson:
“I missed some free throws and lost the game tonight. I don’t have any lack of confidence, I just have to knock down those free throws and I just didn’t do my job tonight.”
“That’s what I want. I want to be the difference maker. I had the game in my hands tonight, but couldn’t pull through. I’m not going to get down on myself, I just have to continue to fight and play hard.”
Eduardo Najera:
On Brad Miller’s performance:
“He played very well tonight. He was making all kinds of shots and ended up with 38 points.”
“This one was a tough one to lose, but we have 35 more games left and we just have to keep going and practice hard and do our best in the games.”
Can't agree more. Hope Brad's sleeping right now. Hehe.
