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
easier fortunate kept lead shots team
They're a team that will get you lulled into their pace. We were fortunate we kept the lead and we made some shots (late). We could have made it a lot easier and that's what we have to do.
attacking basket mike nice ron worked
Ron was attacking the basket and getting (inside). Mike was good, too. They worked well together. It was a nice all-around game.
aggressive coming kevin practice shots taking
Kevin is coming out aggressive and taking the shots that are there. We see it every day, now he's just transferring it from practice to the games.
envision trying
I didn't envision anything. At the time, we were just trying to right the ship. I didn't really know what was going to happen.
criteria league move office
I had no idea this was going to happen. But the criteria is set by the league office, and so that's the way it is. We have to move on.
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?
guys last missed open played seven shots ton
I thought out guys played hard. We missed ton of shots in the last seven minutes, open shots.
consistent last league saw team year
It's not going to be the same team we saw in there last time. Other than Detroit, they were the most consistent team in the league this year on a game-by-game basis. That's how they got to where they are.
blew both easy ends fourth job missing
In the fourth quarter, we started missing it. They got easy opportunities and blew it open. We just have to do a better job on both ends of the court.
inside quarter third
Shaquille had his way inside with us, especially at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth.
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.
came guy huge kenny leaving
Kenny came up huge in the end. He was the guy that they were leaving open.
brad constant guys injuries mike needed shot
He made big shot after big shot, and we needed it. With the injuries and everything else, Mike and Brad have to be the two guys that are constant for us.
brad good happens mike offense team
Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. When that happens with the team we have (at the moment), it's hard.