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
We're getting there. Late in the game, when we needed shots and we needed stops, they were there.
There is no doubt about it, both teams pride themselves on defense. It's not going to be a high-scoring game. It's going to be that type of series.
There are five or six teams that can make it to the end. Nothing's changed.
I let us down in a small way. I was disappointed that we lost, that I got thrown out, but I wasn't out here trying to prove anything.
He took control. He did what he wanted, on the pick-and-roll, he got to wherever he wanted, he found open guys, he got to the basket. He got to the free throw line. I think that's what really got his game going.
It's not so much the type of shot he hit, but the importance of the shot.
There's a lot of balance. Vince really set the tone attacking. Curly was a force down low. J-Kidd, 15 assists, that's unbelievable.
It's always your move next. What are you going to do to make an adjustment to our counter? What are you going to do now that we have played this type of lineup? It's all about trying to find an advantage, especially with two evenly matched teams.
You can't make excuses for missing a player. They just wanted it more and they were more aggressive.
It would have made things a lot easier on Vince (Carter).
Our offense failed us. A lot of the decision-making.
J-Kidd is grabbing me, pulling me and I am telling him to calm down.
He might not be happy, but he'd have to go there and play. I guess it would be like playing for Charlotte or playing for Toronto.
J-Kidd, it was just unbelievable what he did. He's been all-league defense I don't know how many years.