Al Harrington
Al Harrington
Albert "Al" Harringtonis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League. Selected with 25th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft, Harrington played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Associationfor the Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards. He also spent a short stint with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 February 1980
CityOrange, NJ
I wish we played them 80 times this year. That's a great team over there, but for some reason we just out played them. We got the sweep but now we have to move on and win this game on Friday (against the Nets).
We took a couple steps backwards. The last couple of games we were focused in the fourth quarter and pretty much could get the job done. Tonight, we didn't do that.
We're a better team than we were last year. We've given away 10 games this year. We have to continue to compete.
In a close game like this, you're battling and you can't afford turnovers and allow them to score. When they were shooting free throws, we were taking jump shots. It doesn't work that way. You've got to attack the basket.
He came in here and kicked our behinds tonight. I know the game meant a lot to him, and he played that way.
We owe these guys because one time in the year, they beat us pretty bad. Other than that, we were in close games with them and down the stretch, they would out-execute us.
We had way too many days off. We lost our rhythm. We lost our feel.
(Williams) played well, and he got it done for them. He hit all the big shots, got into the paint when he needed to, to find guys and get easy looks. He did a good job tonight.
That was big because I let my team down (in the last game). I just had to come on -- be more aggressive and produce.
We kind of got disoriented by not running our stuff. But we came out and played the way we're supposed to in the second half.
We came out a little flat and we shouldn't have had that type of lapse. We had a great shoot-around, so there was no reason for us to come out and play the way we did.
We're so close. If we didn't have such a bad start, we'd be in the thick of things. We're still playing for a lot of pride.
We've won our last three that way. We'll take 26 more like that as long we win. We never get discourage. We just play through our mistakes and that's the biggest difference.
I got the call when I was getting into my car. I can't (pretend); I cried like a baby. I cried as soon as I got in the car. Then I called my mom. When you realize you're never going to see somebody again, it hits you. We'll never see him again.