Richie Adubato
Richie Adubato
Richard Adam "Richie" Adubatois a former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. He has served as head coach for three NBA teams: the Detroit Pistons, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Orlando Magic...
critical early five haunt home hurt knew last losses playing seven teams win
I said it back then, that those early losses at home were going to come back and haunt us because we knew we would be playing five of our last seven on the road, ... I just knew that those early losses were going to hurt us and they have. In this league, with how even the teams are, it's critical that you win those home games.
answer stop
We had no answer for them today, ... We couldn't stop them.
carrying defense
We're just carrying out our assignments better, ... Our weak-side defense is better, and we're rebounding better.
horrible lie momentum pride struggling talked
This would have been a horrible momentum stopper, ... Horrible. We talked about that before the game. They are struggling but they have a lot of pride and they aren't just going to lie down for anyone.
amazing bigger jump people shot
Usually Temeka is able to go by you. But her pull-up jump shot . . . it's amazing how she can get it off on bigger people, ... She's done that to people 6-foot, 6-1.
challenge dropped essential finish five games head home next san seven six starts win
We have to win these games at home, ... This is a very important homestand. We need to take the challenge head on. Five of our next six games are at home, and we have already dropped this one. Then we finish with five of seven on the road. It is essential that we get these games at home and that starts with San Antonio.
beat five games home indiana last next seven win
We have to win our games at home with five of those last seven games on the road, ... We have to beat Indiana and Connecticut in these next two games.
difficult finish game gave played season
This was a very difficult game for our players. We had to finish this season the way we played this season. We always gave it 110 percent.
believes build david league nba ok stern teams
Yes, there are some teams struggling, but the league will be OK as long as David Stern still believes in it, ... The play is much better than it was earlier. We're like the NBA was 20, 25 years ago. There is a foundation, and we need to build on it.
came close playoffs
We've had talks, ... I know that I would like to come back, especially after how close we came to making the playoffs this season.
almost deficit
Everything has to go right for you to come back from a deficit like that and it almost did,
absolutely almost critical game games home overtime schedule win
We almost had them over there at their place and we got the overtime game here, ... But this one is really big because we're at home and because of our schedule down the stretch. It's absolutely critical that we win these games at home.
beat detroit game helps houston lost pick york
Tonight, Houston just beat Detroit by a buzzer and New York lost to Connecticut. That helps us because we pick a game up on each one of our competitors.
blew catch mentally people pleased tank tough
When people catch up by a three-point play at the end, you can go right in the tank and be completely demoralized, ... I'm very pleased we were mentally tough enough after we blew the game.