Matt Barnes
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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
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.
bread heart huge
He's a stud. That's his bread and butter. He's got a huge heart.
eclectic night
That's what we like about it. It's an eclectic lineup any night of the week.
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.
appears
It appears he went on a little rampage in the showroom.
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.
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.
change course matter score threat whenever
Whenever we need some kind of big play to change the course of the game, we look for Crosby to do it. He's always a threat to score no matter where he has the ball.