Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles D-fenders of the NBA Development League...
communication lifted lines lying man uncharted waters
Ronny has lifted attendance. This is uncharted waters having a young man in here who just had open-heart surgery, so I told him we had to keep our lines of communication open. ... I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some concern.
bench provided stepped
At the end of the third, the bench really stepped in and provided us with an outstanding lift.
basketball defensive playoff plays
That's playoff basketball. You've got to get it done on the defensive end and make plays down the stretch.
executing far involved less offense offensive soft
First and foremost, we have Anthony Goldwire back. With Goldy, I see us executing much better at the offensive end. I see everyone being involved in the offense and I see far less soft offensive possessions.
basketball biggest floor great selfish stepped
From a selfish standpoint, for me, he's a great basketball player. But for the franchise, and for everything Ronny has done in this state, it's the biggest one we've ever had. And he hasn't even stepped on the floor yet.
chance refreshed step
This will give us a chance to step away for a day or two and get refreshed and refocused.
dominance home
We need to re-establish the kind of dominance at home that we've lost.
attacked basket bonus night third
We only got into the bonus once, at the end of the third quarter. They called 26 fouls on us and 16 on them. We attacked the basket all night and were not rewarded.
defense hit improve stay tough
We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots.
proven win
We've proven we can win on the road, now we have to prove we can win at home.
although defend five four mix none pick roll seemed ways work
We have four or five ways to defend their pick and roll ? although none of them seemed to work the other night. We'll try to mix it up and try to make is so they don't even get into their pick and roll.
confidence pick relatively seen
We'll give Brandon some minutes. I've seen him play and I have confidence he'll pick up what we're doing relatively quickly.
trouble
We're soft. If we don't toughen up, we're in a lot of trouble.
opportunity reach tuesday
We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize.