Posted: Nov 12 2009 1:49AM
Head Coach Alvin Gentry | 
Amare Stoudemire | 
Jason Richardson |
Byron Scott | 
Chris Paul | 
Emeka Okafor |
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| Suns Head Coach Alvin Gentry
It was a great win for us. I thought we played about as well as we could have the first half. Offensively I thought we did a good job of staying in attack mode. We got people and shots in the spots that we wanted to and they shot them in. I was real proud of the way we played the first half. I thought we did a good job defensively throughout the game. We had a couple of lapses here and there but for the most part we had decided that we had to make Chris (Paul) beat us with jump shots, and he made some of them. But I think that the way he hurts you most is when he’s getting in the lane and he’s making a few baskets and he’s getting those guys open for threes that’s where you really run into trouble with this team. I think they’re a quality team and they’re struggling right now but I think that they’ll find themselves. Byron Scott does a good job with them and they’ve got David West and Chris Paul and two All Star players so I wouldn’t count those guys out yet. |
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| Suns Forward Amare Stoudemire
The Lakers are on a three day rest and at home, waiting on us, so tonight we were able to get in and play great basketball for the first three quarters and the starters had a chance to rest. The second unit played great and got the win for us, so it felt good – we got a chance to really rest up and ice there in the fourth quarter. |
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| Suns Guard Jason Richardson
I think we can play even better – we did a lot of things right on both ends of the floor, but the funny thing is I don’t even think we’re running yet. So once we get to that where we’re just up and down and going like we normally do, we’ll be pretty good. |
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| Hornets Head Coach Byron Scott
I thought Phoenix was much more aggressive, much more physical than we were. They just beat us down on the boards, offensively, everything. And I don’t look at them as a physical basketball team. When you get the reputation around the league of being a bit of a soft team, teams don’t’ come at you. And I thought that’s what they did, they came out more aggressive on both ends of the floor. I thought we came in and took a major step backward in all areas; from the defensive end, from a physical standpoint, from a pick and roll defense and our blocking out was just terrible. They took advantage of every opportunity. |
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| Hornets Guard Chris Paul
was in issue for us tonight, they got a lot of offensive rebounds early in the game and that’s an offensive powerhouse over there. You’ve got to give them one shot and try to make them miss and if you give them multiple opportunities, obviously they’re going to score. |
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| Hornets Center Emeka Okafor
They got on us early and we were just trying to catch up all night. It’s hard to win a game doing that, especially against a team as good as that. They do an excellent job spreading the floor and you have to commend them on how they play and they did a great job tonight. |
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