Kirk Hinrich
Kirk Hinrich
Kirk James Hinrichis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He has also been a member of the USA National Team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 January 1981
CitySioux City, IA
bench games gave helped played
Our bench gave us a big lift, which really helped with all the games we've played recently.
goal highest seed
Our goal is to be the highest seed that we can. We have a lot to play for.
efforts normally second third
Our close-outs have been bad. We haven't been making the second and third efforts that we normally make.
shots starting
I thought all of my shots were going in. When they didn't, it starting getting frustrating.
blow chance continue gotta
I think it can be done. We gotta believe. But we won't have a chance if continue to blow opportunities like this one.
carried shots throughout
He carried us throughout the game, making big shots and big plays.
confident happen home series steal
It's a series now, 0-0, best-of-three. We still don't have home court, so we have to go down there and steal one. It's not just going to happen -- we're going to have to play our butts off -- but we're confident we can do it.
offense problem
Defensively, we weren't there tonight. We couldn't get any stops. I don't know what happened, but offense wasn't our problem tonight.
affect bit bothering three
It's up and down and a little bit painful, but it doesn't affect me too much. It's been bothering for 2-1/2 to three weeks. It's not a big deal.
bother game knowing realize
I realize it and I know what's going on. It used to really bother me, I used to let it get to me. At this point, I just go into every game knowing I'm not going to get any calls.
capitalize experience glad last time year
(For) a lot of guys, last year was their first time in the playoffs. I'm glad to have that experience, and hopefully, I can capitalize on it.
felt great hard nice plays
It's hard to look at positives, but we did a lot of nice things. We felt like we could make plays on them, and we did. They just made a great play at the end, and it's unfortunate.
basically bullied paint
(James) was able to get in the paint and basically do what we wanted. He just kind of bullied us.
bit good
As a team, I think we did a pretty good job. We just have to do a little bit better.