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Postgame Quotes-at Minnesota 12/10
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“We didn’t do what we needed to do in the last six, seven minutes. They executed well, we left Hoiberg {open}, made mistake on him, gave him open threes, he knocked them all down and we didn’t execute offensively."
“They’re going to keep shooting and they have a lot of shooters on the floor. They spread you out. Garnett had a great game, we just didn’t weren’t able to sustain it in the last six or seven minutes offensively ourselves.”
“Obviously I don’t have an answer for that. Because they haven’t done it for two games, so I don’t know what to tell you.”
“We have to do that, but like I said, I thought we missed some plays around the basket, turned it over a couple times…Sooner or later Peja is going to have to get some respect from the officials. I mean, they mugged him, slapped him, scratched his arm all the way up the side…”
“They beat us, but I just get so tired of these guys keep telling us they’re going to make calls in certain situations and they never do it. Hassell puts both hands on him and holds on, as he moves. That’s not the way things are supposed to be played. It’s frustrating. We couldn’t put our hands on Garnett that much tonight and he went to the line, so I just think - I get really tired of watching Peja try to get open and he can’t move.
“We try to make cuts or set screens for him and they’ve got both hands on him and that’s not the way they said the rules are going to be played. They’ve got to get their hands off him and try to get through screens like everyone else, like someone with the ball. And that’s the thing I have a gripe with - they say with the ball, you can’t get into guys. Doug got that call for trying to work through that pick.”
“If Peja is trying to come off a screen and they’re bumping him and being physical with him, it should be a call. That’s all.”
Chris Webber
"We had this one and we didn't finish. That's one thing about the NBA, you don't know who's going to win until the final buzzer and you look at the scoreboard. This one hurts. But, in the NBA, you have to be ready the next night. We can't feel sorry for ourselves and we have to refocus and be ready tomorrow night."
"We didn't keep the same groove in the last 10 minutes. I guess we just fell out of the groove. Give them credit, they got focused and fed off of their crowd. They're a team that feeds off of their crowd and when they were quiet we had control. But, they got refocused, the crowd got into it and got into a groove of their own. They deserved it."
"We match up well. Our teams kind of mirror each other and both teams get up to play one another. I love KG. I love playing against him. Ever since he came into the league, it's fun to play against him and vice-versa."
"When you beat us, it's a big win. Not to be cocky, but its the same when you beat them. When you beat one of the top teams in the conference, it's a big win. But, it's still early in the season."
Brad Miller
"We need to execute better at the end of the game, no matter who's ahead, and we didn't do that tonight."
"We all have guys who can shoot the ball. Both teams have players who can make plays. Minnesota put up 37 points in the fourth quarter? We've had games that teams have put up 60, 70 points in a half. We both have guys who can score and compete and like to compete against each other."
Postgame Quotes-at Minnesota 12/10
“We didn’t do what we needed to do in the last six, seven minutes. They executed well, we left Hoiberg {open}, made mistake on him, gave him open threes, he knocked them all down and we didn’t execute offensively."
“They’re going to keep shooting and they have a lot of shooters on the floor. They spread you out. Garnett had a great game, we just didn’t weren’t able to sustain it in the last six or seven minutes offensively ourselves.”
“Obviously I don’t have an answer for that. Because they haven’t done it for two games, so I don’t know what to tell you.”
“We have to do that, but like I said, I thought we missed some plays around the basket, turned it over a couple times…Sooner or later Peja is going to have to get some respect from the officials. I mean, they mugged him, slapped him, scratched his arm all the way up the side…”
“They beat us, but I just get so tired of these guys keep telling us they’re going to make calls in certain situations and they never do it. Hassell puts both hands on him and holds on, as he moves. That’s not the way things are supposed to be played. It’s frustrating. We couldn’t put our hands on Garnett that much tonight and he went to the line, so I just think - I get really tired of watching Peja try to get open and he can’t move.
“We try to make cuts or set screens for him and they’ve got both hands on him and that’s not the way they said the rules are going to be played. They’ve got to get their hands off him and try to get through screens like everyone else, like someone with the ball. And that’s the thing I have a gripe with - they say with the ball, you can’t get into guys. Doug got that call for trying to work through that pick.”
“If Peja is trying to come off a screen and they’re bumping him and being physical with him, it should be a call. That’s all.”
"We had this one and we didn't finish. That's one thing about the NBA, you don't know who's going to win until the final buzzer and you look at the scoreboard. This one hurts. But, in the NBA, you have to be ready the next night. We can't feel sorry for ourselves and we have to refocus and be ready tomorrow night."
"We didn't keep the same groove in the last 10 minutes. I guess we just fell out of the groove. Give them credit, they got focused and fed off of their crowd. They're a team that feeds off of their crowd and when they were quiet we had control. But, they got refocused, the crowd got into it and got into a groove of their own. They deserved it."
"We match up well. Our teams kind of mirror each other and both teams get up to play one another. I love KG. I love playing against him. Ever since he came into the league, it's fun to play against him and vice-versa."
"When you beat us, it's a big win. Not to be cocky, but its the same when you beat them. When you beat one of the top teams in the conference, it's a big win. But, it's still early in the season."
"We need to execute better at the end of the game, no matter who's ahead, and we didn't do that tonight."
"We all have guys who can shoot the ball. Both teams have players who can make plays. Minnesota put up 37 points in the fourth quarter? We've had games that teams have put up 60, 70 points in a half. We both have guys who can score and compete and like to compete against each other."
