Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Jay Arenas, Jr.is an American retired professional basketball player...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 January 1982
CityTampa, FL
attack played pressure trash waited
We know we played like some trash out there. And now we know we need to play a lot better than we did. We need to put the pressure on them. I think we just set back and waited for them to attack us. We have to be the first ones to be aggressive.
ball goes great happens shoot
What happens when you try to shoot and the ball goes up in the air? It's a foul. But we still got the ball to a great shooter. I thought it was going in. We all thought it was going in.
bad correct foot habits last ourselves sewing shooting start time
We're just shooting ourselves in the foot right now and we have to correct it. It's about time we start sewing up all our bad habits in the last 26 games.
worst
We're getting banged up at the worst time.
hard rest whose
We're battling. It's going to be like this the rest of the way. It's going to be hard to tell whose 4,5,6, or 7 -- you just have to keep going.
absolutely crucial means miss sudden trouble
We absolutely miss him. He is crucial to what we do. When you get used to having someone like that and then all of a sudden you don't have him, it means you have to adjust. We're having trouble adjusting.
caught hitting nights shoot six tube turn
When you turn on the tube you see him hitting six 3s in a game, so you know he can shoot the ball. And this was just one of those nights when he caught fire.
fun game last trash words year
We used to have our words down there, a lot of trash talking, ... It should be fun to see what he recalls from last year because I do have a different game from last year.
decided destroyed game ourselves
We destroyed ourselves in Game 1. So we decided to come out and play better basketball.
badly breaking team
We did our job, but when a team is doing badly it's usually because they are breaking down offensively. We were just there at the right time.
against charlotte drop face great row series three tough
We didn't want to drop three in a row before we have to face a tough Charlotte team. They always play us tough. It's going to be a great back-to-back series against them.
goal good home
We're confident. Our goal was to get one of these two (games at The Q). We got one, and they come to (our place). We've got to (defend) our home court. It's going to be a good series.
goal
We're confident. Our goal was to get one of these (first) two (games in Cleveland). We got one and they come to us.
bigger college develop dominant impact learn mistakes nba players teaches
Lute Olson teaches the NBA system. If you look at his players, they may not be dominant in college but they're going to make a bigger impact in the NBA just because of the way they play up and down. Players learn and develop and make mistakes and learn for themselves.