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
game imposed speed
We imposed our will on the speed of the game which is what we need to do to win.
chris expected game slower work
We expected the game to be slower without him. We thought that they would try to work Chris Webber a little bit.
kids marketing nba people sell wrong
We sell to kids and people who are into the NBA hip-hop world. They may be marketing to the wrong people with this.
against early easy establish guard night ourselves
We wanted to establish ourselves early and let them know we were here to play. It is easy to have a letdown the night before you go on the All-Star break, but we wanted to guard against that.
beating bit hot pacific send teams
Beating two really hot teams vying for the Pacific does send a bit of a statement.
stay
At that point, I've got to know who they were going to and just stay connected.
defense double kurt position post puts
We have to double the post now. When you have Kurt down there, you don't have to do that. It makes you have to rotate and puts you out of position on defense and for rebounds.
ahead defense positions step system
This system is (tailored) to him. He's getting us into positions where he's stringing the defense out. He's always one step ahead of the defense.
guard high people percentage reason shot tough
The reason we shot a high percentage is what I think is important. We were able to space. We were very unselfish, and we were out in transition. When we do that, it's tough for people to guard us.
definitely excited healthy last piece puzzle ready sure
We're excited about what we have already, but we feel getting that last piece of the puzzle will put us over the hump. We want to make sure that he's healthy and ready to give us everything he can give us. We're definitely excited to get him back in the lineup, without a doubt.
guys pick understand week
We're not doing anything different. Guys understand that if it's going to be a week or a month, we're going to have to pick it up without him.
coming execute focal game needed people point tonight
We needed a game like that. We haven't been able to keep people down when we've had them down. It was a focal point coming out tonight and we were able to execute it.
hit
It was there for the taking. Once I hit my first 3-pointer, everything started clicking.
far green light lights
Do we have the green light here? As far as green lights go, it's about as green as you can get.