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| Saturday, November 14, 2009 Final Score: Atlanta 121, New Orleans 98 Hornets Post Game Quotes
“The Hawks are a good team. They really know how to use their length and athleticism. It’s impressive how good they are defensively. They’re playing some of the best basketball in the league right now. I think they continued to put the pressure on us with their drives and a combination of their drives and their aggressiveness, and attacking the paint. We just weren’t effective during certain stretches of the game.” “We’re putting ourselves in position to win games. We just have to do it for longer stretches. We gave up a lot of fast break points tonight. That’s something that needs to be corrected.”
“We were trying to figure out how to try and stay in the game and get a win. Particularly now, with Chris (Paul) being injured, we all have to figure out how to step it up on both ends of the floor. Coach is putting in different things for us on the fly, and right now we just have to be able to catch those things.” “Certain moments we looked good, but we still have a long way to go, especially on the defensive end. We were definitely beat on the boards tonight. The Hawks are playing good basketball, and the entire team is getting involved. Right now they’re on a roll. You have to give them credit.” Hawks Post Game Quotes
“It’s all about just defending our home. We’ve been pretty good here at Philips Arena, and we’re just trying to keep the string alive. I thought we came out ready to play, and they kept scrapping. We’d build a lead, and they’d get back into the game. And we’d come back and extend the lead. But when we had that big four-minute spurt in the fourth quarter, that really pushed us over the hump.” (On Josh Smith): “He was all over the place, in terms of rebounding the ball. He rebounded early, and it just seemed to flow right through the rest of the game. He made plays from a defensive standpoint, blocking some shots underneath, just flying around being Josh. And we needed him to do that.” “Sometimes he’s going to be in position where he can rebound, but he’s athletic enough that he should get more rebounds, and tonight he showed he could rebound. A lot of the balls were coming his way, and he made a conscious effort to go to the boards, which is nice to see.”
“They played hard. Playing four games in five nights is difficult too. We had to persevere.” “We wanted to limit them to one shot and be aggressive on the offensive and defensive boards. I made a conscious effort to go down there and help out Al and not let him be the only one down there rebounding.” On his steals: “I like to anticipate. If I feel like I can get there and I’m not overly aggressive where I’m hurting my team, and I’m able to make the right decision, I’ll try to do that.” |
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