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| Friday, January 15, 2010 Final Score: Detroit 110, New Orleans 104 OT Hornets Post Game Quotes
On their rebounding: “We never had any extra looks and that made it hard on our offense. The overall rebounding margin was strong for them. That's one of their strengths; their rebounding. Ben Wallace is terrific and they made a lot of their shots. They shot the ball very well, particularly in the first two-and-a-half quarters. You outscore a team 80-to-65-something points in the second, third and fourth quarter and you generally should win the game if you hadn't dug yourself too big a hole; which is what we did.” On their turnovers in overtime and at the end of regulation: “They did. Any time you don't get a shot in a game that is that tight in the way the game is being played; it hurts. We had a number of plays in the close of regulation where we had a chance. Something good was happening that just didn't end in a field goal for us. Which sent it into overtime.” On playing tomorrow night: “You have to give the Pistons credit for playing an outstanding game. You look at the box score and you see season high in notations across the board for so many players. They played an outstanding game. We've got to regroup and move on and get ready to play a potent Indiana team tomorrow.”
On the game: “We came out slow as usual. We fought back into the game and gave ourselves a chance in overtime. One of the biggest plays was when (Rodney) Stuckey got that and-one on me. I fell asleep. He made a great play and that really put the nail in the coffin for us.” On turnovers in overtime: “I had two of those turnovers. We just didn't lock in in overtime. I take responsibility. I've got to handle the ball better and make better decisions.” On the rebounding disparity: “You know they got Ben Wallace down there. We've got to get more aggressive on the boards too. They got a lot of offensive rebounds on us. This time it bit us. These last few games we've been winning. We've been giving up a lot of offensive rebounds and tonight it got to us.” On their game: “We're going to play against a fast-paced Indiana team. They're going to come out run-and-gun. We probably win the game tonight if we moved the ball a little better. I got to get the ball out of my hands. That's my fault. I'll take that.” Pistons Post Game Quotes
On the heavy minutes played by Richard Hamilton and Ben Wallace: “They were looking forward to playing the extra five minutes and being out there with me. I was very proud of the way they played and I knew that they wanted to win the game and I said, ‘Hey, we’ve got five more minutes to go out and play hard,’ and that’s what they did. The thing that we’ve talked about the last two games was trying to finish plays and I thought we did a good job at that.” On Stuckey: “He just didn’t feel good. You could tell by his body language and that’s where I thought Chucky (Atkins) came in and played as hard and as long as he could and he fouled out. Seriously, I wasn’t going to play Stuckey because he wasn’t ready to go. I said, ‘That’s alright, don’t worry.’ We experimented, I think, two plays with Jonas (Jarebko) at the point and he did a nice job. He’s played every position offensively now except for the center I think. He gives us that kind of energy all the time. How big was Ben Wallace the entire game? He’s found the fountain of youth again and he knew he wanted to win this one so badly.” On whether Stuckey asked to go back in: “Yeah, he did. I did not ask him again. I said, ‘I understand, you don’t feel good, that’s fine.’ I said, ‘Jonas, you’ve got the point, Rip at the two and Austin at three.’ They ran one or two plays and they did fine. They hung in there. We just want them to play hard.” On Hamilton’s game: “He’s starting to come back. I’m so proud of him. He’s a warrior.” On whether he will cut back on minutes for Hamilton and Wallace tomorrow night: “What time is it right now (looking at watch)? They have some time to get to rest. That’s how it is in the NBA and the nice thing is that we’re at home. You know how I am, As soon as I get back to my condo tonight, I’m going to focus on New York. I’m very proud of how these guys played. The last two games they really showed a lot of courage because they’ve really gone through a lot.”
On the game: “We had a lot of fun, definitely when we win. I thought the guys really played hard and that what it takes to get a win.” On the win: “Energy and believing. I think we just went out and say: ‘we just going out to have fun, whatever happens, happens.’ Believing in us, believing in guys that got your back, believing in everything. We did what we had to do tonight.” On Stuckey’s performance: “He was kind of slow at the beginning. I just told him:’Keep digging, keep digging. I don’t care how many shots you miss, as long as you are being aggressive, especially when we are in penalty. Just try to run somebody over and get to a free-throw line.’ He did an excellent job in that at the end of the game.” On playing together: “I just want to let the guys know that I believe in them, that when you are open you should get the ball, regardless on who is on the floor. If they see me doing it, than every guard out there is going to do it soon.”
On the game: “I think guys played real hard throughout the whole game. We moved the ball, we played defense, guys rebounded, young guys stepped up, Austin (Daye) and Jonas (Jerebko) played tremendously well for us.” On having losing streak behind: “It’s behind us. We got to look forward to the next game. Take one game at a time, as easy as we got 13 losses, we can go 13 wins. We got to take care one game at a time.” |
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