Michael Redd
Michael Redd
Michael Wesley Reddis an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2000 NBA draft. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He was also a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 August 1979
CityColumbus, OH
growing-up thinking magic
Obviously you look at "Magic" (Ervin Johnson) and Michael (Jordan) and you learn from them growing up, but I think you are just born with it from day one.
winning games worried
You are not worried about scoring; you are worried about winning the game.
basketball live-by seems
It is all about confidence: 90% mental and 10% physical, that is what basketball is. I live by that and it seems to be working.
winning night next-level
I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent.
execution fourth hurt played
We had no execution in the fourth and that really hurt us. That's a championship team, and they played like it.
open
We made adjustments to try to get me open in better positions.
beat matter
We can beat anybody. It's just a matter of how we're going to play that night.
beat confidence last losing matter shown twice
We can beat anybody. It's just a matter of how we're going to play that night. We've got to come in with the confidence we can beat this team. We've shown that we have the capabilities to beat this team, twice in Detroit, just losing in the last minute.
bit game shot shots struggled
We struggled in Game 1, and shot a little bit better in Game 2, but not enough. We need to make shots with this team. That's what we do best.
hit night open rhythm
We struggled. We had a lot of open looks, but it wasn't our night to hit them. We just never got in a rhythm from the three-point line. But once again, we try not to live by that.
gods says
This says a lot about this team. We've been up and down all year. The gods are with us.
afford cannot couple few fourth happened last minutes slow starting
We're starting off slow (in the fourth quarter). The first couple minutes we just floundered away. It's happened to us the last few nights. We cannot afford to do that.
environment game home hopefully tough
We're going home now and hopefully that will help. It's a different environment. This (The Palace) is a tough place to play. Hopefully we can get home and we will be able to ante-up for Game 3.
fun surprised
We were all surprised by it, and we all had fun with it.