480 ordspråk av Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
We hung in, competed, and had chances. We created a lot of good looks for ourselves, but weren't able to make some of the easiest shots we had on the whole trip.
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We hurt ourselves with a lot of little mistakes along the way, which put us in a bind. We've got to solve that. Otherwise we're always going to be a team teetering.
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We just can't afford not to have him available to play 38 to 40 minutes in a playoff game. It just makes it too hard on the rest of our team.
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We just gotta try to continue to build on what's been a pretty good week of basketball and we've got one more opportunity before the playoffs start and it's important for us.
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We just made some terrible errors down the stretch. They got going and then we compounded it with some defensive mistakes. We'll kick ourselves -- again.
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We knew he could get unbelievably hot. In the fourth, it started with that three from the corner. Then he shook loose a couple of times on other plays. Until then, we had them under control.
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We knew he was somehow going to touch it, whether or not he was going to hand it off to somebody else or take the shot. We had three straight timeouts to talk about it. We did a good job on the first two plays, and the third one they got us and got an open look. We're fortunate to be going back to the hotel with a win.
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We knew they were going to make runs. We knew Wade was going to play big down the stretch. When that happens, we had to keep our poise and composure. We did that and made the plays we had to make to win.
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We knew we were going to switch (plays) if they called a timeout. They took a 20(-second timeout) once they saw our formation.
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We know any win we can get is really critical, especially on the road. We have a very busy month in terms of frequency of games. We're going to have to continue to hang in and fight every night and give ourselves a chance. We're right in the midst of this thing. There's a lot that's going to be going on over the next 25-30 games. You're going to see a lot of jockeying and a lot of position changes.
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We know he's going to play because he plays, but we're concerned about it because it is his shooting hand.
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We know that right now from a personnel standpoint we're not at our best, but there's a lot you can make up for with a strong collective effort and a strong belief in one other.
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We know that we got lucky (Sunday).
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We know that we got lucky today. We know Vince Carter is not going to have another 1-for-8 3-point game or 12-for-33 game, because he's a great player and he's going to make his shots. We got very fortunate that he didn't have his best game.
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We know we are going to have some sluggish stretches here with guys getting back. We're just going to have to fight our way through it.
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