Mike Fratello
Mike Fratello
Michael Robert "Mike" Fratellois an American sports broadcaster and a professional basketball coach. Currently, Fratello is the analyst for Brooklyn Nets broadcasts on the YES Network and for nationally televised games on TNT. He previously coached the Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA, served as NBC's lead analyst, and was also the head coach of the Ukraine national basketball team...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 February 1947
CityHackensack, NJ
factor forcing good helped job lead open second
We did a good job of forcing turnovers and that was a big factor in the game. That helped us open a lead in the second quarter.
eddie helped hot hung needed plays
We hung on down the stretch. We were able to make big plays. Eddie got hot in one stretch, and Chucky and Pau made plays that helped us get a much needed win.
catch caught easy energy level team
We caught L.A. on the end of a trip, and it's easy to catch a team with their energy level down.
create maintain opportunity position
We'd still like to maintain the opportunity to create a position that's advantageous.
guard line
We didn't guard him (Davis), we just fouled him is what we did. We put him on the line 20 times.
answered awhile eddie fourth hoops hot
We just executed a lot better than we did in the opener. Eddie (Jones) was hot for awhile and Pau answered some big hoops when we had to have them in the fourth quarter.
defensive
We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns.
defensive dominated nine
We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns. We had nine assists in the game, and that's not good. They really dominated the series.
ball found rode
We rode (Miller) tonight. He was superb out there. We found him, got him the ball and he was magnificent.
basketball best clean concentration heavy lives opportunity personal
We thought it was the best thing for us to do. Let them have the opportunity to get back home, straighten out their personal lives if there is anything that has to be done and get them away from the heavy concentration on basketball so they can come back with a clean slate.
bad cut except good job lead minnesota quarter stretch tonight
We've been in a stretch where we would have one good quarter and then one bad quarter. Except for one stretch where Minnesota cut the lead in the fourth, I thought we did a much better job tonight than we've been doing lately.
rich teams tradition
We don't have the rich tradition that some other teams have.
team
We are a different team when we make shots.
advantage fight position record rewarded team third
We're in a fight for position right now. You get rewarded for winning. We can still get home-court advantage with a better record than the third place team (Denver).