Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Kirilenkois a Russian-American former professional basketball player, currently the Commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation. At age fifteen, Kirilenko began playing professional basketball in the Russian Basketball Super League. He spent three years with CSKA Moscow from 1998 to 2001, winning the Russian league MVP award in 2000...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 February 1981
CityIzhevsk, Russia
energy except focusing fourth good held job lots portland quarter
I wouldn't say we had lots of energy but we did a pretty good job on concentrating and focusing on the game, and we held down Portland defensively except for the fourth quarter when Zach Randolph started scoring. I think we held them good. Offensively, we just executed well and didn't give them any chance.
coach good job mad ourselves picking second
Of course, coach was mad and everyone understands. We can't play like this. I think we did a pretty good job of picking ourselves up in the second half.
article girls hotel lining outside
When this article comes out, girls will be lining up outside his hotel door.
catch chance last
Right now, we're in last chance -- last chance to catch the train.
cold confident felt free technique throw tonight
Everything was right, everything about my technique was good. Sometimes when you're shooting, you feel a little cold and that's a factor. But tonight I just felt confident at the free throw line.
fought trying
They fought us. They didn't give up. Zach Randolph was trying to win.
chasing finally fourth hard intimidate miami orlando quarter teams
We have to play hard and not let teams intimidate us in the first quarter like Miami and Orlando did. You have to keep chasing and chasing. Finally in the fourth quarter when you've got them, you have no energy.
avoid floor leave trying
I'm trying to avoid it. We're going to leave it in the organization ? coaches, owners. We're the players. Our job, go on the floor and play the game.
amazing game guy won
He's amazing and I think he's the guy that won the game tonight.
beginning crowd felt game happy help huge playoff stayed stretch tough
I felt that this game was a playoff game. This crowd was a huge help for them (the Hornets). I'm very happy that we stayed as a team. Even when we had a tough stretch at the beginning we still stayed together.
pay
They just out-played us, out-hustled us and out-rebounded us. We just didn't pay any attention.
further good lost win
It's good to win one because if we lost we would have been even further back.
crunch hit hits knows last lots
Everyone knows that Mehmet can hit the 3, especially in crunch time. Lots of games, he hits the last shot.
bad chance good win
We don't have a good chance (to make the playoffs), it's a bad chance. But we have a chance, which is good. We have to win a lot of games, but we still feel like we can do it.