Steve Blake
Steve Blake
Steven Hanson Blakeis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 February 1980
CityHollywood, FL
CountryUnited States of America
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We are on the outside of that cosy little set-up and they simply don't like the idea that we are in a potentially winning position.
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We're competing really hard. At the beginning of the year it seems we were getting blown out a lot. Now we're in every game. We know that we can win every game. It's just a matter of finishing off strong.
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It was frustrating there for a little while. You're confidence can get down. Winning changes everything.
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You can't expect to win games when you're giving up that many points after three quarters.
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When I was told my team was lucky to win, I replied: "the more we practice, the luckier we get."
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I think we're learning that's what you have to do to win games. You've got to work extremely hard to win games, be competitive and have that energy and that drive to want to win the game. And you can tell, you can see it out there, that we really want it.
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We just wanted to win this game, it didn't matter who it was. We needed to get three in a row. It's so much better when you win, so much better.
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Yeah, we definitely missed him. But it happens sometimes. I'm sure he'll step up the next game.
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We've been effective together for a long time. We know each other's game well and can take advantage of that.
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When Darius is knocking down his shots, it opens up the whole game for us. They have to respect him, which opens it up for everyone else. It was really good to see tonight.
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We have weeded out the deadwood and set about to deal with the internal issues that in the past led to faction building and damaging splits.
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We can smile now. It was impressive. It was fun to be out there. It was fun playing in a game like that.
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We definitely know how to play with each other, and we trust each other. And not only do we know how to play with just each other, we know how to play basketball in general, understanding the game and understanding how to play with other people on the floor at the same time.