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
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When this article comes out, girls will be lining up outside his hotel door.
further good lost win
It's good to win one because if we lost we would have been even further back.
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.
fought trying
They fought us. They didn't give up. Zach Randolph was trying to win.
defense fast playing stopping
I think we just started playing defense the way we should play it. We just started stopping them on the fast break.
effort establish everybody good helping job lead second williams
I think everybody did a good job helping each other out in the first half, not only Carlos, Mehmet, and myself. I would say that (rookie Deron Williams ) and Kris Humphries were also very helpful. It was a good effort all-around and we were able to establish a comfortable lead for the second half.
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.
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.
four
Four more games. We still have a chance, so let's fight.
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.
ball beat denver fast forced forget push run worked
We started to push the ball and beat Denver at their game. They like to run a lot and sometimes they forget about defense. So we kind of forced them to get back with fast attack. I think it worked well.