Vince Carter
Vince Carter
Vincent Lamar Carteris an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. He is 6'6" and can play both shooting guard and small forward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 January 1977
CityDaytona Beach, FL
CountryUnited States of America
bad basketball beat extra game home knew last mark motivation solid
You always want to come out and put your mark on the game early, if possible, especially a home game. At the same time, we knew how bad they beat us last time, so it was extra motivation for us to come out and play a solid basketball game.
definitely knew
We definitely knew what was going to happen, how they play and what to expect. We just didn't respond.
badly basketball beat extra knew last motivation solid time
We knew how badly they beat us last time so there was some extra motivation to come out and just play a solid basketball game.
care grind knew looks record start
We knew we were going to have to grind it out. I don't care what their record looks like. They come at you from start to finish.
knew position trying win
I put it up, (Smith) was trying to go for the block. I knew that if I didn't make the shot, I had to try and get in position (for the rebound). It's win by any means. Sometimes it's not going to be pretty.
blow competing continue expected knew start
They come at you from start to finish. We expected that, and we knew if we wanted to continue the streak, we had to keep playing, take that first blow and keep competing to get the win.
commitment defend
I think we make a commitment to defend them.
containing good job rebounds score shots stepped
I think we did a good job of containing him, but he stepped up. He didn't score a lot of points, but he made shots and got rebounds that were big for them.
focus ourselves
I think we've established ourselves at home. But we've still got to keep that focus every night.
points top
I think turnovers were key, on top of them getting points off our turnovers. That was the big thing.
decision definitely five guys shoot teams
We're definitely more experienced and more athletic. And, we have guys who can shoot the ball. Now it's going to make teams have to make a decision because we have guys one through five who can shoot.
bouncing court easy evening home opportunity playing protect
We really made it too easy for them. They were really playing to protect their home court and now we just have to take our opportunity by bouncing back and evening it up on Saturday.
attack basket effective goal hitting jump shots
Our goal is to attack the basket and put the onus on the referees to make the calls. We weren't hitting our jump shots outside, so we had to be effective some other way.
attitude bring building early focus goal regardless teams throw
Our goal and our focus is to bring the same attitude regardless (of the opponent). We just try to take teams out early and throw them out of our building by any means.