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Postgame Quotes-vs. Minnesota
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“I’m just really disappointed. Somehow, some way, this group has to get some sense of urgency, and they just don’t seem like they have it. I don’t know why; I wish I knew. We talked about how this team has been in the past – good passing team, good shooting team, they’re going to run their stuff – and you have to go out and you have to compete and you have to get after them. We just pretty much let them do what they wanted to do the first half. It’s disappointing because you are not going to get anything going as a team, and you’re not going to do it unless you get out there and play with a sense of urgency.”
Regarding the starting five:
“It’s pretty obvious that I gave them enough time and nothing was changing. The group that went in there started really competing, going after it. Their best players were one for four. (Michael) Olowokandi was posting up; (Wally) Szczerbiak was coming off screens with no one even close to him. That type of stuff shouldn’t happen. It happens because you’re not playing hard enough – you’re not playing the way you need to play – and when that group came in that I put in there, they were going after it. At some point something has to wake them up, I don’t know what it is.”
“If we would have played the way we did against Miami, we probably would have won tonight, but we didn’t. You can’t do that; you’re not going to turn it around unless they want to do it as a team. The talking and all that stuff was fine, but you have to go out on the court and do it.”
“I know it’s a long season. If we play well enough we can become a decent team. I am to a point where maybe someone else off of the bench has to try something different. I’ve been trying to give people opportunities, but we have to change what’s going on here. I don’t know what that’s going to be. What’s happening right now is that they got a false sense of security because they won those three games earlier in the last home-stand, but then they fell back in the same pattern and now they’ve lost three in a row.”
Corliss Williamson
“Coach talked about our effort at the end of the game and how we didn’t play with any type of fire tonight. They were the aggressors all night. They seemed to be having fun and we were just going through the motions tonight. We (the second unit) tried to bring some energy to the game. It’s like we were dead all game. When we came into the game, Coach was looking for us to try and bring some kind of spark and hopefully have something we can build off of. We can’t come out the way we’ve been playing the past two games and expect to be any type of factor. We’re losing at home, so it’s got to be embarrassing especially when you don’t come out with the effort you’re supposed to have.”
“The first thing we have to do is look in the mirror. Each person has to see what we’re not bringing to the game – see how we’re playing as individuals. Once you pick up your game as an individual, especially with your effort, it’s going to help the team. I think collectively we can do a better job and it’s just a matter of guys taking pride and going out and sacrificing whatever it is they have to sacrifice to bring their energy out on the court every night.”
Mike Bibby
“It’s tough. Both teams didn’t score too many points. We didn’t play like we could. I think the game was a little sloppy. No, there’s not something I can put my finger on with us. Yeah, I am embarrassed. I know we’re better than what we’re doing. I know that. We got to play the game a little bit more on both ends of the court. That should help at the least.”
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Timberwolves Head Coach Dwayne Casey:
“It was a grind it out game a kind of game that we needed to play through. We had to play through the frustration. We had a lot of turnovers, and that was something that I talked about at half time. We were shooting ourselves in the foot. Turnovers are something that we need to limit if we want to grow together as a team. They did a good job on Garnett in the low post. He was more of a quarterback for us tonight. It was one of those nights where he just couldn’t find it on offense but he was able to contribute to the win in other ways.”
Wally Szczerbiak:
“We are getting better as a team, we are just trying to find our stride and we’re starting to get comfortable. We’re still playing great defense and now we’re starting to do it on the other end of the floor. We just got to keep the pedal to the medal - play aggressive and push the ball up the floor. I know it looks glaring having 14 turnovers at half, but we’re still up 12 points. So that means we’re playing a lot more aggressive than we were against the Lakers and Clippers. That type of play will get us ahead in games. We’re going to have to live with a few turnovers here and there. As we continue to run and push, I think we will take care of the ball more and more because we’re get more comfortable with that style of play. We haven’t really done that much all year, so it was a good sign that we played that way and carried it through the whole game.”
Kevin Garnett:
“I was happy tonight, particularly for Kandi (Olowokandi). He’s been in a nice little rhythm and it’s good to see him carry the load a little bit. Wally had it going, Marko, Huddy, came off the bench and gave us a huge lift as they always do. I just try and keep balls alive, give my usual one thousand percent effort, and just try and lead us in a whole other way. It happens, rhythm wise I just didn’t have it going, but I did other things to impact the game. As a team, we try and get (Kandi) some touches. It fuels him, he gets active on the defensive end, get him to block some shots and it inspires him.”
Postgame Quotes-vs. Minnesota
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“I’m just really disappointed. Somehow, some way, this group has to get some sense of urgency, and they just don’t seem like they have it. I don’t know why; I wish I knew. We talked about how this team has been in the past – good passing team, good shooting team, they’re going to run their stuff – and you have to go out and you have to compete and you have to get after them. We just pretty much let them do what they wanted to do the first half. It’s disappointing because you are not going to get anything going as a team, and you’re not going to do it unless you get out there and play with a sense of urgency.”
Regarding the starting five:
“It’s pretty obvious that I gave them enough time and nothing was changing. The group that went in there started really competing, going after it. Their best players were one for four. (Michael) Olowokandi was posting up; (Wally) Szczerbiak was coming off screens with no one even close to him. That type of stuff shouldn’t happen. It happens because you’re not playing hard enough – you’re not playing the way you need to play – and when that group came in that I put in there, they were going after it. At some point something has to wake them up, I don’t know what it is.”
“If we would have played the way we did against Miami, we probably would have won tonight, but we didn’t. You can’t do that; you’re not going to turn it around unless they want to do it as a team. The talking and all that stuff was fine, but you have to go out on the court and do it.”
“I know it’s a long season. If we play well enough we can become a decent team. I am to a point where maybe someone else off of the bench has to try something different. I’ve been trying to give people opportunities, but we have to change what’s going on here. I don’t know what that’s going to be. What’s happening right now is that they got a false sense of security because they won those three games earlier in the last home-stand, but then they fell back in the same pattern and now they’ve lost three in a row.”
Corliss Williamson
“Coach talked about our effort at the end of the game and how we didn’t play with any type of fire tonight. They were the aggressors all night. They seemed to be having fun and we were just going through the motions tonight. We (the second unit) tried to bring some energy to the game. It’s like we were dead all game. When we came into the game, Coach was looking for us to try and bring some kind of spark and hopefully have something we can build off of. We can’t come out the way we’ve been playing the past two games and expect to be any type of factor. We’re losing at home, so it’s got to be embarrassing especially when you don’t come out with the effort you’re supposed to have.”
“The first thing we have to do is look in the mirror. Each person has to see what we’re not bringing to the game – see how we’re playing as individuals. Once you pick up your game as an individual, especially with your effort, it’s going to help the team. I think collectively we can do a better job and it’s just a matter of guys taking pride and going out and sacrificing whatever it is they have to sacrifice to bring their energy out on the court every night.”
Mike Bibby
“It’s tough. Both teams didn’t score too many points. We didn’t play like we could. I think the game was a little sloppy. No, there’s not something I can put my finger on with us. Yeah, I am embarrassed. I know we’re better than what we’re doing. I know that. We got to play the game a little bit more on both ends of the court. That should help at the least.”
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
Timberwolves Head Coach Dwayne Casey:
“It was a grind it out game a kind of game that we needed to play through. We had to play through the frustration. We had a lot of turnovers, and that was something that I talked about at half time. We were shooting ourselves in the foot. Turnovers are something that we need to limit if we want to grow together as a team. They did a good job on Garnett in the low post. He was more of a quarterback for us tonight. It was one of those nights where he just couldn’t find it on offense but he was able to contribute to the win in other ways.”
Wally Szczerbiak:
“We are getting better as a team, we are just trying to find our stride and we’re starting to get comfortable. We’re still playing great defense and now we’re starting to do it on the other end of the floor. We just got to keep the pedal to the medal - play aggressive and push the ball up the floor. I know it looks glaring having 14 turnovers at half, but we’re still up 12 points. So that means we’re playing a lot more aggressive than we were against the Lakers and Clippers. That type of play will get us ahead in games. We’re going to have to live with a few turnovers here and there. As we continue to run and push, I think we will take care of the ball more and more because we’re get more comfortable with that style of play. We haven’t really done that much all year, so it was a good sign that we played that way and carried it through the whole game.”
Kevin Garnett:
“I was happy tonight, particularly for Kandi (Olowokandi). He’s been in a nice little rhythm and it’s good to see him carry the load a little bit. Wally had it going, Marko, Huddy, came off the bench and gave us a huge lift as they always do. I just try and keep balls alive, give my usual one thousand percent effort, and just try and lead us in a whole other way. It happens, rhythm wise I just didn’t have it going, but I did other things to impact the game. As a team, we try and get (Kandi) some touches. It fuels him, he gets active on the defensive end, get him to block some shots and it inspires him.”
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