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
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.
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).
load secret shots team
I don't think it's any secret that we're a different team when we make shots. We have to make shots on the perimeter when they load up on Pau down low.
focusing score shown teams
Teams are focusing on him. And Pau has shown he can do more than score the ball.
court home proud supposed teams win wins
That's what you're supposed to do, win games. I'm very proud of this team. They wanted 30 wins at home and they got it. Not many teams can say they had 30 wins on their home court this season.
badly felt help team
I feel badly that I didn't help our team enough down the stretch. I put Chucky in the corner, and he was set up to be trapped. It was my fault. I felt badly that I didn't help them out as well as I could.
allow both broke execution game number plays ran teams
The number of fouls by both teams didn't allow the game to have much of a flow. It broke up runs. ... But then our execution got much better. We ran plays better.
create maintain opportunity position
We'd still like to maintain the opportunity to create a position that's advantageous.
began came effort giving good jersey looks offense played third time tough
I thought New Jersey was very good. They were very good in the first half, and we began giving effort in the third quarter. They did everything well. On offense they executed. On offense we had a tough time getting good looks at the basket, and making shots. They were very well prepared, and they came out and played very well.
might
I thought it might have been a violation. But I'm not an official.
happy kept
I was happy with the way we kept our concentration.
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.