Becky Hammon Quotations

We didn't crash the boards when we should have, ... We settled for jumpers instead of getting to the line.

We're starting to come together a little more. We're starting to put it together.

We have to get to the offensive glass. We didn't crash the boards when we should have. We settled for jumpers instead of getting to the line.

She's very quick, very athletic. She's very good now, she can be very, very good. We're going to expect her to come in and contribute right away. It's a lot of pressure on a young kid, but I think she's capable.

From a personal aspect, I'm sad to see them go and obviously I wish them all the best. But I think it's going to be exciting, the new team we put on the floor.

I think the orange rims glow against the black background, so maybe you can focus a lot better.

I thought the game got turned around on the defensive end more than anything.

Our Achilles' heel all season has been allowing offensive rebounds, and that came back to bite us tonight,

Spoon hitting that shot in 1999 was a great memory that we all share. We were all there. We've won a lot of Eastern Conference Championships together. The trip to the Finals used to run through New York, and we want to get that back. Last year, we beat in the first round and Bethany Donaphin's shot was a great moment. There have been a lot of great memories. But none of that really matters. What matters is the playoffs this year and going far, so we've been there.

My mind is still reeling from this game. Our biggest problem all season was allowing offensive rebounds and that came back to bite us tonight in a big way.

We executed well, and shared the ball really well. They came out and tried to trap, and we did a good job of making the extra pass.

We were just trading off baskets. We needed to get some stops.

The other leaders up there all have a championship ring,

We have a lot of veterans on this team; we know what it's going to take. We're ready for battle ... I guarantee we are going to leave it out on the floor.

We just stepped up and took the shots we could make. We have shooters on this team and Cathrine got the bulk of those.

We did a great job on the offensive boards, getting them off the boards in the second half. Even so, they still go off 12 more shots than us.

They are a lot more dangerous now. She's exactly what they needed.

That's going to be an adjustment because you're looking into a sea of people and lights.

They're a great team, they have a lot of great players. You know they're going to make a push at you.

It's going to be fun, challenging. I think we're going to be competitive. We got a lot of good things to look forward to. I'm excited to see what it looks like, what the final product is going to be at the end of the season.

Eight years ago, I was over there, at the table where no reporters or press was, nobody wanted to talk to me. And now, I am the veteran.

They were very committed to shutting down the guard play in the first half. It exerts a lot of energy trying to chase those guards around the perimeter. We just had to stick in there and get our posts some looks and get them involved.

It's not college basketball. There's a lot of other elements that go into it. NBA guys have been there; they know it.

The intensity level needs to be jacked up.

I know that everybody is talking about the new faces, but that's not bad. It's different. It's an opportunity. It's a chance for girls to play and a chance for us to do something different.

I needed to be more aggressive. You just want to stay in your stuff and get everybody involved. I try to be more aware and conscious of where my shots are and get ready to shoot.

The four quarters I like. The 24-second clock, if you're going to do that you've got to make some adjustments on the defensive end. I still think we've got to stick to our principles and what got us where we are, and that's good team play. It's going to be interesting, it's going to speed up the game a lot.

The issue this year has been putting a 40-minute game together and we did that through the buzzer tonight. That's a quality team. They have veterans and Olympians. Had we let up for one or two minutes, this game could have been another story.