Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
Richard Allen Jeffersonis an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. He was a member of the United States men's national basketball team at the 2003 Tournament of the Americas and the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the NBA championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 June 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I still have a lot of respect for him.
You know, we lost (Game 1), we give them all the credit. It's unfortunate that when we win, it's because of other things. You have to play against different people certain ways. Jason Collins and Cliff Robinson are doing a good job. It's unfortunate he believes that.
We just couldn't hit a shot. It was one of those nights.
We just couldn't hit a shot. We were driving and kicking, getting wide-open looks, but we couldn't get anything to fall.
We were the last team to beat them in the Eastern Conference. We still have confidence against this team.
There are about five or six teams that realistically have a chance of winning a championship. I definitely think we're one of them.
We've really struggled in the second quarter the last couple games. (Tonight) we did OK in the first quarter, but then their bench comes in and we struggle. I'm not sure why, but we have to figure it out.
We had plenty of good looks, especially close around the bucket. We missed some easy shots.
We did a good job early on Dirk. It was just a matter of trying to contain him.
We put ourselves in that position. We didn't do a good job early.
We don't concern ourselves with what other teams are doing. Because if you worry about who's winning, who's losing, trying to do all this math, sometimes you can get caught up in all that.
You give them credit. They played good defense. Some shots didn't fall down for us. Fortunately, it's not the best-of-1.
Vince has hit some of the craziest shots in the history of this league. But the importance of that shot is what I am most proud of for him.
Vince hit some shots. He is going to shoot whether he is hot or not, but we have so much confidence in him. He received criticism from the media, he received criticism from different people, but it wasn't from anyone in this locker room. It wasn't from anyone in the coaching staff, because we believed in him and believed that he had the right intent. That was one of his games that you just forget about it and know that he is going to come out and play well the next one.