Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes
Matt Kelly Barnesis an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. Barnes was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NBA draft by Memphis...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 March 1980
CitySanta Clara, CA
game points seven six talking
I've been talking all year, we've got to find away when we're up six or seven points up to put the game away, but we couldn't do that.
easy forced guy half led quick second transition
The second half we got out to a pretty quick start. We forced some turnovers and really clasped on their big guy and that got us some easy buckets and led to some transition points.
against charges
There won't be any charges against the driver.
eclectic night
That's what we like about it. It's an eclectic lineup any night of the week.
asked bring defense good job rebound
What we're being asked to do is not really to score. It's just to go in there and play defense and rebound and bring energy, and I think we do a good job of doing that.
finally great hard kid last progress results seen starting
We've seen a lot of progress in Crosby's play over the last little while. He's always been a great kid and a hard worker, and we're finally starting to see the results of that on the court.
against class gotten playing
I like playing against friends. I've gotten to know him really well over the years. He's a class guy.
best care chasing home obviously opinion steal stuff team win
Highland in my opinion is obviously the best team in our league, and every one else is chasing them. If we want to win the region, we've got to take care of our home stuff and try and steal stuff on the road.
easy huge
He only had one or two easy baskets, which is huge for us.
bottom finding found great line struggle
It's all about winning. Sometimes you play great and win, sometimes you struggle and win, and sometimes you play great and lose. The bottom line is finding a way to win, and we found a way to win.
clock lead pull slow work
It's not my characteristic to pull it out and slow things down, but we have a 10-point lead there, and we're in the bonus, let's just work some clock and try and get lay-ups.
final hold late run
They made a late run, and we got it back to two. We could have won, but they managed to make that final run to hold on.
good great
It's good to have Cottonwood back in the league; it's a great rivalry.
call came change guy huge playing shook stepped zone
They'd been playing a zone the whole game, and they came out man, and I was going to change and call a different set, but we went with it and Nate stepped out there, shook the guy and made a huge shot.