Alando Tucker
Alando Tucker
Alando Forest Tuckeris an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League. Tucker played five seasons at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and wore the number 42...
crucial game good milwaukee resemble start
Those are crucial minutes. We wanted to get a good start because we didn't want this game to resemble the Milwaukee game.
coming crowd media pick saw size trying wearing
We were trying to size them up. We didn't want to come out too fast. We saw where we were wearing them down. That's where we wanted to pick it up coming out of the media timeout. We really wanted to get the crowd into it and use it to our advantage.
confidence excuses losing losses showing start talked
We talked after the game, but that's enough talking. We just have to go out there and get it done now. We can't say anything else about it. Everybody's been making excuses about the losses that we have (after) losing Greg and Marcus, but with my teammates, I have a lot of confidence in them. I think they have confidence in themselves, too. We just have to start showing it now.
chance drawing figure game inside shaping team year
I'm always shaping my game into what the team needs. This year we really need me going inside and drawing fouls. I figure I'll always have a chance to do that.
coming emotional involved
He said he doesn't get involved in all the hoopla and everything before, but you can see that he got emotional coming out of the game.
alter dunk figured step
He didn't look like he was going to dunk it, so I figured I could just step in and try to alter his shot.
front love natural though win
You can tell he's excited. It's only natural when you come play in front of your family. We'd love to get a win for him. We know how important it can be even though he doesn't show it.
coming energy prove
We wanted to prove something by coming out with a lot of energy.
along chance friend good high james lines meet talked whenever wishing
We talked about old times, about high school. James is a good friend of mine. Whenever we get a chance to meet and talk we do. So, it was along the lines of that and just wishing each other good luck.
early guys mistakes practice seems understanding
We're young. Mistakes come early in practice but it seems like the young guys are getting better and better at understanding things.
accomplish offer
So I see a lot that we have to offer and a lot that we can do and accomplish but it has to be for 40 minutes.
against battle burden certain five four given knew losing numbers players playing shoulders stick teams tough
It was a burden a lot of players put on their shoulders that they had to do certain things. That's just hard. After losing those guys, we knew it would be tough given the numbers that we had playing against other teams that were as experienced or more experienced and had four or five seniors. We knew it was going to be a tough battle and we just wanted to stick it out.
faster forced horrible instead line played push shots trying type
The shots we took, as horrible as they were, that set it up for them to push it up faster instead of trying to make them work, get some fouls and get to the line or make some shots - and then they can't push it as fast. I think they forced us into some shots and that's their type of game...Early, that's what we did. We just played into their hands.
accepting work
They are accepting it. We know what we have and we just have to work from there.