Rafer Alston
Rafer Alston
Rafer Jamel Alstonis an American retired professional basketball player. He played for six NBA teams throughout his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 July 1976
CityNew York City, NY
half injuries record season shows
The record is still going to look lousy. But it shows without all the injuries what the record could be, what the first half of the season could have been.
basketball kisses-and-kissing
When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though.
effect instead start uphill
You just got to start with a win. That way the snowball effect can start going uphill instead of downhill.
basketball consistent deal group guys hard injuries period playing starting
We had more consistent injuries than we had consistent basketball plays. We could never get that consistent feel of a starting lineup, playing with a set group of guys for a long period of time. That's hard to deal with.
lose losing rather thinking tonight
Tonight was one night I was thinking about that rather than just thinking about the play. Losing (six) in a row, you just want to come down and get a win. Really, mentally, I was thinking if we lose this one, that's a killer.
care compete division handed title trying win
To know that you're getting your behinds handed to you in your own division, that's problematic when you're trying to compete for a title. On this team, you think in title terms. If you want to win a title, you have to take care of your division as well.
dominating good shots
We were able to get good shots. When you have two dominating All-Stars out there (Yao and McGrady), those shots will fall.
envision hit night
You always envision a night like that, where you come out and hit on all cylinders.
buts
We should be 3-0, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it.
found points
We should have found Yao more. Yao should have had 50 points tonight. He should have had 50.
great hitting inability knock outside passes pinpoint shots
(We're) not hitting outside shots ? again. ( Yao Ming ) is making great, pinpoint passes to us. We had great spacing. It's the inability to consistently knock down outside shots.
ball drawing knock open passing shots
We're going to go to Yao and go to Yao and go to Yao. We have to knock down open shots when Yao is drawing double-teams and triple-teams and he's passing the ball out. We have to find a way to knock down open shots for him.
hands passing
We were all over the place. We were in passing lanes, we were deflecting passes, getting our hands on the ball, getting on the boards, and we were getting out and running.
games guys help job learn win
We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy.