Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelmanis an American retired professional basketball player and head coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He served as head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 June 1946
CityLynwood, CA
dangerous exactly games giving halftime second shot stop talked team third win
We talked at halftime that this was a dangerous team if you let them get back in it in the third quarter, and that's exactly what we did. We just couldn't stop them in the second half. They shot over 70 percent. You're not going to win very many games giving that up.
attacks basket bryant hard jump tonight tough
Bryant is hard to guard. He makes tough shots. He attacks you going to the basket and tonight he made some tough jump shots. He is just tough to cover.
last work year
If I'm in my last year and things don't work out,
match
I don't even want to think about that, we need to get there (the playoffs) first. Who does match up well with them - Detroit?
control happened second stagnant stopped sudden took worse
I don't know what happened in the second quarter. All of the sudden we just got stagnant and stopped doing things offensively, and then we got worse defensively while they took control of the game.
great plays tonight
He's a great player. Tonight he made the plays that they had to have made, especially down the stretch.
basketball excited playing start
He did fine, better than I thought. I think he was excited to start playing basketball again.
attacking basket defensive plays three
He was attacking the basket and he was getting to the basket on them. At the defensive end, he made two or three defensive plays that were really unbelievable plays.
chance fourth road win
I always say that on the road you want to give yourself a chance to win in the fourth quarter.
afternoon approach believe expect feelings handled seven
He has handled this thing this afternoon well and I think he will handle it (Wednesday). You can't expect him not to have some feelings about this. I believe he will approach things the way he has for seven years.
draws effort floor goes good guy guys pushing quality says younger
He has a quality about him that draws other guys into it -- the way they play, the effort they put on. He's always pushing. He's pushing the younger guys, saying, 'That's not good enough.' When a guy says that and then goes out on the floor and does it, it has an impact.
anticipate seems shooting
I did not anticipate them shooting threes that well. It seems like they've all got it going at once. If they're going to go 12 for 26 every game, it's going to be really tough.
basketball
I can't say enough about our basketball team.
days extra fatigue finished played season team three
We finished the season strong. We had three days off before the playoffs, so we had an extra day. It wasn't fatigue tonight, it was the Spurs. It is going to be a battle. I think that we are a better team than we played today.