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
four great lose sudden won
Oh, it's real tough. We were making some great strides, and we had won four in a row, and then all of a sudden we lose two of our players.
giving guys letting tough whatever
It's tough, but I think we're making it tough on ourselves. We're giving up fast-break points, we're letting guys do whatever they want to do on the floor.
bad balls games great guys loose reason secure shooting team veteran win
You can still win games shooting a bad percentage. You've got to do the little things, and for some reason we're not doing them. I don't know why. We've got some great veteran guys on this team and we know better, but we have to find a way to get to loose balls and secure the rebounds.
aggressive defend pace run team
You want to play up-tempo. You always want to come out aggressive and set a pace for your team to play. We were making them have to defend and we were making them run up and down the court.
free last rebound shoots throws
(The last foul) was game-changing. He shoots it short, we get the rebound and the pressure's on them. They get two free throws and we have to score.
ball continuing create double game giving keeping letting played shots sticking team turn
It comes down to sticking with our game plan, not getting away from the things we know we need to ? that's continuing to find Yao, and keeping our turnovers down. When we turn the ball over and we're not getting the ball to Yao, letting him create shots for us as they double team and if they don't double, letting him score, we're just giving away the game. We were right there. We should have played the game the same way we did in the (first) half.
detroit healthy imagine record san
If you can imagine us being as healthy as Detroit or San Antonio or Phoenix, I can only imagine what our record is.
courage cracked guys keeps pack pride shows
It shows how much he cares, how much pride and courage he has. A lot of guys would say, 'I have a cracked rib,' and pack it in. He keeps going out there.
fourth matter stopping third
It was a matter of stopping them and making them go to their third of fourth option.
teams
It was nothing that other teams did to us. It was a lot of what we did to ourselves.
clinic knowing minutes night run watch
It's sickening to watch it. It's sickening to be a part of it, knowing you're out there for big minutes and you're having to get a clinic run on you out there night in, night out.
bit clock game left played three time tough ways won
That was a tough one to lose. That's a game that should have been won in regulation. We were up three with a little bit of time on the clock and we had so many ways we could have played that. We're left pondering what could have been.
good shots
We had good shots down the stretch. We just didn't make them.
games playoff regardless
We had injuries, yes, but there were a lot of games we still should have won. Regardless of anything and everything that happened, we should have been a playoff team.