DeShawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevensonis an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Before his NBA career, he originally committed to play at the University of Kansas, but decided to enter the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno, California and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd selection of the 2000 NBA draft. He is well known for his defense and his athleticism...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 April 1981
CityFresno, CA
Steve Francis wasn't playing like the Steve Francis we all know. I think he'll show the real Steve in New York.
We got a couple of wins going. We're playing good, passing the ball. If we keep playing like that we'll be on a good roll.
Our confidence level is up. If we keep playing like this, we'll be on a good roll.
Coach chewed us out because we weren't playing hard and we were lackadaisical in the first half. He fired us up and we finally started attacking the basket.
Everybody's playing together. When we play together, everybody gets shots -- everybody. And we're knocking them down and feeling comfortable. We've just got to keep playing like we've been playing. It's exciting and fun to watch.
Everybody out there is playing hard and playing like a game. When you do that, sometimes you can get hurt.
They're a good team. They've been playing with each other a long time and winning championships. And in the third quarter, you could see it out there.
It's kind of sad because we could have done this at the start of the season. Right now everybody's playing as a team and working hard. We've got some firepower from the people who start and the people coming off the bench.
Other teams have started to feel like they're at home when they play in Orlando. We've got to start being more physical and let these guys know that this is our place.
I thought I played him well. We're just making it tough on ourselves. It shouldn't have come to that.
Steve did an awesome job off the bench. He didn't complain about it. When you've got a superstar like that who comes out and plays hard after being suspended, that says a lot for his character.
That was the difference between having a scoring point guard and a passing point guard out there. Steve is a scoring point guard; Carlos is a passing point guard.
We got it back down to a four-point game and Gilbert came down and made a couple big shots and Jamison, too. We started off slow and dug ourselves a hole, and when we got back, they put the pressure back on and went back up by 10 points. ... In the third we were making shots and they were making shots. It came down to who was going to stop the other first.
This stops the bleeding. Things were starting to get negative around the locker room, players were getting on each other. But we get a win like this, it relaxes us. Now, we've just got to come out and play and get the next one.