Raja Bell
Raja Bell
Raja Bellis an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He was twice named to the NBA All-Defensive Team in his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 September 1976
CitySaint Croix, VI
afraid takes
It's like they had us on our heels. That takes us away from everything we want to do. We can't be afraid to lose.
building fans fun
It's a fun building to play in. They've got some really rowdy fans and its one of America's teams.
allowed guy pushes pushing
I'm pushing, pushing the guy as much as I can to get him a little. So when he pushes me, you're not allowed to do that. I'm going to fall.
community credit guy helped special
I got to give a lot of credit to the (staff) around here who really helped me get out in the community and do some things. It's something special for me, because I was a guy who never got much recognition for anything around this league.
beating bit hot pacific send teams
Beating two really hot teams vying for the Pacific does send a bit of a statement.
atmosphere basketball commitment excited major played reason style
That was a major reason why I wanted to come to Phoenix. I'm so excited about the style of basketball that's played here and the atmosphere and commitment to winning.
basketball finds forcing fourth guy hold hope issue settling shots until
He was settling for some shots I thought. As a defender, you hope he does that. But he got it going in the fourth quarter. A guy like that is just going to keep forcing the issue until he finds it, and you've just got to hold on.
ball bottom dropped everybody line second speculate
Everybody can speculate why we dropped the ball there in the second half, but the bottom line is we did.
ball challenge goes good jump ready seeing team
That's a good question. It's been a challenge for us to be ready to play every night. What you're seeing (now) is a team that's not necessarily ready to go when the jump ball goes up.
ball incredible movement open transition wide
It was one of those nights. We were able to get out on transition and the ball movement was incredible so everyone got wide open looks.
earlier excited feeling fit game opened
I was excited that the game kind of opened up, and I was able to see where I fit in. I wasn't necessarily feeling that earlier in the week. We were really spaced, and the game kind of flowed (Saturday) night.
hit
It was there for the taking. Once I hit my first 3-pointer, everything started clicking.
beating dropped four gets guys ok plays respects shots though win
He gets 50 and we win the game. At the end of the day, I am OK with that. Even though it (stinks) to have 50 dropped on you, if we win, I've done my job. I really don't give a (darn) if he respects me. If I can keep him preoccupied on beating me 1-on-1, then the four other guys aren't getting shots and that plays into our hands.
cake icing
He's the icing on the cake, so we're just the cake right now.