Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol
Pau Gasol Sáezis a Spanish professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. He is a six-time NBA All-Star, and a four-time All-NBA selection, twice on the second team and twice on the third team. He has won two NBA championships, both with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002 with the Memphis Grizzlies, one of only two non-American NBA players to win that award. He is the...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 July 1980
CityBarcelona, Spain
CountrySpain
There's nothing on the court he hasn't seen. He's got an answer for everything.
It's been a mad ending to the game.
It's the usual thing with him. He likes to run his mouth. I said something back and he went crazy. That's fine.
The environment, the chemistry, the atmosphere is great. We're together. We're not ready to throw in the towel. But we can play much better, and our mindset is just to win. We want to play Game 2 like there's no Game 3.
I wasn't going to settle. I tried to attack (Duncan). I didn't have a great game but it didn't mean I didn't want to get to the rim.
Most of the guys were watching the NCAA Tournament (with Connecticut losing to George Mason). It was weird for a while. We didn't know what would happen.
The last few games were tough because I didn't produce in the last five minutes. Tonight it was time to step up, be a little more aggressive and produce. Luckily I was aggressive and things worked out well.
You think about it. We thought about it before the game, but not while you are playing. They beat us the first two here. Now we get hope to get them at home.
It's hard to tell what happened with coach Brown,
It means that it's possible. It means we have a chance until we lose again. We've been trying to take it one game at a time all series long. We've got to fight like we did in Game 3.
The thing we wanted to do is jump on them quick. When a team is not having a good year, when you jump on them early and hit them first it's hard for them to get back up.
I've got to be a little more aggressive, bring it from the beginning. We can't afford to have a first half like we did the first game.
It's a really bad ending that nobody wanted.
I took it hard to the rim. I knew I had enough time to make a move or even change directions if I had to. I made a tough shot and we got a great win here.