Earl Boykins
Earl Boykins
Earl Boykins is an American former basketball player who played for twelve teams in fourteen professional seasons. Standing at 5 feet, 5 inches in height, he is the second shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who was 5 feet, 3 inches tall. Despite his size, he is reportedly able to bench press 315 pounds. He is currently the head coach for the Douglas County High School varsity basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 June 1976
CityCleveland, OH
goes life shooting
Basically, you're shooting (to return) for the playoffs. It's disappointing, but life goes on. I'll be all right.
forward friend good man worry
He's a good friend of mine. I look forward to him being on our team. . . . I can't worry about what another man does off the court.
gaining improving strength
I'm improving every day, gaining more strength in my hand, more flexibility.
miss missed pressure took
I just wanted to pressure him as much as I could, and he took an off-balance shot. It didn't look like he was going to miss a shot. But he missed the one that they needed.
last learned lesson record zero
I learned my lesson from last year, ... (Denver's record is now) zero and zero.
four guards hardest yelling
The hardest part is rebounding. When it's four guards out there, (Karl) does a lot more yelling about rebounding.
fewer half hit money relaxed second struggled
It's money time. There are fewer possessions and I haven't done anything for two weeks. I struggled in the first half because I was a little overaggressive. I relaxed in the second half and was able to hit some shots.
came flat perfect tough
We came out flat in the first two games, and it's tough to play perfect to get back into the game.
run
Usually we make a run. (Friday night), the run just wasn't in us.
bad half hard played points win
When you give up 69 points in the first half it's hard to win anything. We played bad basketball.
effort quarter third
When you lose, it's disappointing. The effort we put out in the third quarter was horrible.
difference great holding offensive run shot team today
We were holding them to one shot defensively there in the fourth. They're a great offensive rebounding team and we were able to run today and that was the difference in the game.
bad ball basket lets recall runs shots teams turn
When you take bad shots and turn the ball over that's what happens. I don't recall us getting many shots at the basket and that lets teams get runs like that.
stay whenever
Whenever you lose, you're concerned. But we've got to stay confident.