Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey
Dwane Caseyis an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Casey is also a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached there for over a decade before moving on to the NBA...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 April 1957
close games group point regain took turning
I thought that was a turning point in our season, (Wells') shot, that group of close games we had. I think it took a little starch out of us, and we were never able to regain (momentum).
point took turning
That was a turning point in our season. I think it took a little starch out of us.
attack ripped telling took
He just ripped it through and took it to the basket. That is what we have been telling him to do, attack their feet.
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The stat that jumps out on paper for me is the turnovers. That's huge. We took care of the basketball and that gave us more bullets on the offensive end.
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He thought he had an open shot. He was wide open. So he took the shot. I will never question a guy if he feels like he has a shot.
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Garnett was special (tonight). We opened up the lane for him quite a bit where he had the chance to move from block to block. He took advantage of the fact that we spaced the floor. They were sending a couple of guys at him - one in front, one behind, and one on top of him. They had three guys on him at all times, so we had to get creative with the ball.
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It's just being young. He wasn't afraid. He attacked the basket and took the shots. But with freedom comes responsibility and accountability. You have to make those plays. I applaud him for being aggressive, but you've got to make it happen. We just have to keep learning from those experiences.
allowed confidence easy forced quick rhythm took
I thought we took some quick shots, which allowed them to get easy buckets. It got their confidence going; it got their rhythm going. We forced some shots.
dallas took
I thought Dallas took us to the woodshed, especially in the first half. We didn't come out like we were on a three-game skid.
came game half lead physical second tempo took
In the second half (Denver) came in and established the tempo of the game and the way they were going to play. They were more physical than we were. We had a six-point lead and took some ill-advised shots. We have to be more disciplined down the stretch, especially on the road.
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I thought we had a good effort until about a two-minute stretch when Ray (Allen) just went crazy. He hit some tough shots and some tough threes.
lost quicker
I thought we lost a lot of juice. I thought they were quicker than us tonight.
belief broke spirit together
I think all those together broke our spirit and our belief in each other.
happened lose ways
It happened so quick. We come up with different ways to lose it.