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Postgame Quotes-vs. Boston
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“We talked about their transition and that they are going to push it every time they have a chance, they are going to run out and take jump shots and we just acted like we knew what was going on. Once we started getting back and making play at half court offense, things changed. On the offensive end everything was one-on-one, everything was a pass and they weren’t trying to force the issue. All we had to do was play and not force the offense. The third quarter we were terrific. We came out and started the third quarter, we really made shots and moved the ball. It was a combination of us not running our offense and when we scored they got out and ran on us it was a lack of concentration, what we certainly talked about yesterday and talked about it before the game started.”
“ I said it at every time out and at half time we take a jumper from the quarter and they get a lay out at the end. I just told them if you guys want to lose the game then go ahead and lose it, I am not going to call another timeout. I called a 20 second one at the first quarter and at the second quarter all you have to do is make them run their half-court offense. It’s mind boggling to me, but sometimes you have games like that.”
Brad Miller
“It was just a lack of effort. They made easy lay-ups and dunks. They had 24 or 26 fast break points in the first half, and that’s basically how they were scoring. Our guys just weren’t getting back.”
“You don’t know what’s going to happen in a 48 minute game. That’s the beauty of it, you’ve got to play the whole game.”
On whether the Kings have the the best frontcourt in the league:
“It’s a game by game basis. Some games probably, some games not. I love playing with Webb, and we’re really getting a feel for playing with each other.”
Darius Songaila
“You can’t just let them run over you. At some point, the guys on the court as well as the guys on the bench just have to say ‘that’s enough,’ and start playing.” On shots not falling in the beginning: “When you get the ball laid up on you on the other end, you kind of let your arms down, and it has an effect on your offense. But once we picked it up and started getting back on defense and getting the rebounds, things started falling back in order.”
Mike Bibby
“They just came out with a lot of energy, and got a lot of fast break points. Most of their points in the first half were off of the fast break.”
“We just have to share the ball. When we play together, we’re hard to stop.”
“Basketball is a game of runs. So when the other team is on a run, you’ve got to know how to withstand it afterwards.”
BOSTON CELTICS
Doc Rivers
“It was a great first half and bad second half. The number that stands out to me is 35 to 12, and that’s assists. In the first half we moved the ball, we shared the ball, we did a great job playing together as a team. In the second half I thought we each tried to win it by ourselves. The ball nevered moved, it never mattered who had it. As a team we still get set up by our offense which we have to change. We came out at the beginning of the third quarter and missed some shots, then stopped playing defense and that’s why we couldn’t run anymore.”
“We are who we are and we’re going to be that way, we’re going to run. Our running game was the difference in the first half. It proved that you can run with this team, but you can’t take the foot off the pedal.”
“We came out in the third quarter and just didn’t do anything. We walked the ball up the floor and we didn’t move the ball offensively, but defensively it happened because our offense wasn’t working.”
Gary Payton
“We played well, then the third quarter came and we stopped doing the things we do. We didn’t share the ball and we didn’t do what we did in the first half that we did in the second half. They started making shots and they started running. They did what we did in the first half and they came back and blew us up.”
Raef LaFrentz
“They did what they do. We played well the first half, they felt us out, they saw how we we were covering them and made adjustments at half time, came out and were able to get some pretty good looks. On our end we stopped moving the basketball. We couldn’t get stops so we weren’t running.”
Paul Pierce
“We had good looks, but we just didn’t knock them down.”
“It’s the tale of two halves. We just let our offense effect our defense and that’s how it’s been all year.”
Postgame Quotes-vs. Boston
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“We talked about their transition and that they are going to push it every time they have a chance, they are going to run out and take jump shots and we just acted like we knew what was going on. Once we started getting back and making play at half court offense, things changed. On the offensive end everything was one-on-one, everything was a pass and they weren’t trying to force the issue. All we had to do was play and not force the offense. The third quarter we were terrific. We came out and started the third quarter, we really made shots and moved the ball. It was a combination of us not running our offense and when we scored they got out and ran on us it was a lack of concentration, what we certainly talked about yesterday and talked about it before the game started.”
“ I said it at every time out and at half time we take a jumper from the quarter and they get a lay out at the end. I just told them if you guys want to lose the game then go ahead and lose it, I am not going to call another timeout. I called a 20 second one at the first quarter and at the second quarter all you have to do is make them run their half-court offense. It’s mind boggling to me, but sometimes you have games like that.”
Brad Miller
“It was just a lack of effort. They made easy lay-ups and dunks. They had 24 or 26 fast break points in the first half, and that’s basically how they were scoring. Our guys just weren’t getting back.”
“You don’t know what’s going to happen in a 48 minute game. That’s the beauty of it, you’ve got to play the whole game.”
On whether the Kings have the the best frontcourt in the league:
“It’s a game by game basis. Some games probably, some games not. I love playing with Webb, and we’re really getting a feel for playing with each other.”
Darius Songaila
“You can’t just let them run over you. At some point, the guys on the court as well as the guys on the bench just have to say ‘that’s enough,’ and start playing.” On shots not falling in the beginning: “When you get the ball laid up on you on the other end, you kind of let your arms down, and it has an effect on your offense. But once we picked it up and started getting back on defense and getting the rebounds, things started falling back in order.”
Mike Bibby
“They just came out with a lot of energy, and got a lot of fast break points. Most of their points in the first half were off of the fast break.”
“We just have to share the ball. When we play together, we’re hard to stop.”
“Basketball is a game of runs. So when the other team is on a run, you’ve got to know how to withstand it afterwards.”
BOSTON CELTICS
Doc Rivers
“It was a great first half and bad second half. The number that stands out to me is 35 to 12, and that’s assists. In the first half we moved the ball, we shared the ball, we did a great job playing together as a team. In the second half I thought we each tried to win it by ourselves. The ball nevered moved, it never mattered who had it. As a team we still get set up by our offense which we have to change. We came out at the beginning of the third quarter and missed some shots, then stopped playing defense and that’s why we couldn’t run anymore.”
“We are who we are and we’re going to be that way, we’re going to run. Our running game was the difference in the first half. It proved that you can run with this team, but you can’t take the foot off the pedal.”
“We came out in the third quarter and just didn’t do anything. We walked the ball up the floor and we didn’t move the ball offensively, but defensively it happened because our offense wasn’t working.”
Gary Payton
“We played well, then the third quarter came and we stopped doing the things we do. We didn’t share the ball and we didn’t do what we did in the first half that we did in the second half. They started making shots and they started running. They did what we did in the first half and they came back and blew us up.”
Raef LaFrentz
“They did what they do. We played well the first half, they felt us out, they saw how we we were covering them and made adjustments at half time, came out and were able to get some pretty good looks. On our end we stopped moving the basketball. We couldn’t get stops so we weren’t running.”
Paul Pierce
“We had good looks, but we just didn’t knock them down.”
“It’s the tale of two halves. We just let our offense effect our defense and that’s how it’s been all year.”
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