Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Adam Frank is an American professional basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Nets, and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 August 1970
carter phenomenal shoulder took
Outstanding would be an understatement. Vince Carter took us on his shoulder and did a phenomenal job.
follow forbid game god people shot special time
People who follow us every day know how special Vince is. God forbid he has a game where he doesn't make every shot he takes. He delivers time and time again. He's a special player.
fresh game huge living mental moment starting team test toughness true
This game was a huge test of will. The mental toughness that we showed in the overtime, of starting fresh and living in the moment was unbelievable -- a true team win.
ahead coach counter driving shoes step team
As a coach you try to put yourself in their shoes and see what you're doing and how they may counter it, and see if there's anything you can do to be one step ahead without driving your team nuts.
balance either game lost numerous officials reason team
We had numerous opportunities. The game was in the balance for either team to take, so we are not going to look at the officials for the reason we lost the game.
bench gave guys huge minutes played win
We went out to win the game. Our bench guys played big minutes and gave us a huge lift.
fans game reward
You'd like to reward your fans with a little better performance, but we lost. Fortunately, this was Game 1 of 82.
damn good level playing secure
We're just playing at a much different level now, we're much more secure with who we are. We're in a much different state, where we don't exhale. We belong. We're a damn good team.
basketball heart player
You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you
basketball team winning
Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better
attitude chemistry habit
We will be at our best when times are at their worst because of our habits, attitude and chemistry.
starting
We're starting to see what we need to do to win.
healthy opponent ready trying whoever
We're just trying to get healthy so that whoever our first-round opponent is we're ready to roll.
defense empty missed missing open pressure puts scoring straight ton
We had 10 straight empty possessions. We missed a ton of open shots, and that puts a ton of pressure on the defense. It was a combination of their No. 1 scoring defense and us missing a lot of uncontested shots.