Jason Kidd
Jason Kidd
Jason Frederick Kiddis an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. Previously a point guard in the NBA, he was a ten-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA First Team member, and a nine-time NBA All-Defensive Team member...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 March 1973
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
It kinda caught us off-guard. As the game went along, we started to understand what was open. There was a period where we were just settling, but in the long haul, we made the right adjustments at the right time.
The big thing was playing defense. That's the blueprint of this team, if we're going to have any success is getting stops. We did that at the right time.
You've got to give them credit for coming back. We've got a lot of respect for them.
Hopefully, it will be a wake-up call for us. The big thing is for to continue to get better and play for 48 minutes. (The winning streak) is great but it can also be dangerous if you become complacent and feel you can turn it on when you want.
He understands what I like to do, and I know what he likes to do. Right now, he has the upper hand in that, and right now, I got to find a way to take away his comfort.
He gets out of bed with 20 points. I tease him all the time about how he shows up at the arena and already has 20 points. He's that good.
He kept sending somebody to the (scorer's) table, and I kept shaking him off. It was like a pitching coach calling a fastball and I wanted to throw the curve.
I rather it happen now than Game 7 in the Finals or an important game. I am not trying to downgrade this game as not important but those type of things happen. We have counted on Vince in the two years that he has been here and he has room for error.
In the back of your mind, you have confidence that you have done something right and you can look at it on tape. But at the end of the day, it is 0-0 (in the playoffs) and the first one to four.
Our defense the one thing that stands out the most. Our offense will come and go, but we are stopping people at the other end.
It doesn't matter if it's Game 1, Game 2, Game 3 or a Game 7, they're all important. We'll have to try to eliminate our mistakes and get ready for Game 4.
Winning can get boring. Hopefully we learned that tonight, giving up 37 points in that fourth quarter.
We have a long ways to go. We didn't play any defense. Again, it's no gray area with us. If we don't play any defense, we're not going to win. Chalk this one under no defense.
When you get older, you begin to appreciate (triple-doubles) more. When you can get a triple-double, that opportunity doesn't come every night. I probably stayed in longer than I should've, but I wanted to stay on the floor and try for it.